North America
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Toronto Dominion Bank attracted the highest oversubscription level of any Canadian deal issued in euros this year even though it was its fourth foray into the covered bond market in 2016.
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Chinese metals exchange operator Yintech Investment Holdings has opened books for its US IPO that could raise $109m, a source with knowledge of the deal told GlobalCapital Asia. -
The Province of Ontario is to hit the dollar market on Wednesday with a 10 year benchmark while the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Oesterreichische Kontrollbank printed deals on Tuesday, as bankers noted the popularity of dual tranche deals in the currency.
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Large flows coming into US credit have increased the attractiveness of CDX index options prices versus iTraxx, said market participants this week.
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A reversal in trading patterns last week sent the yen as low as ¥109.70 against the dollar, but recent trading has been driven by aggressive hedge funds unwinding long yen positions ahead of a Bank of Japan (BoJ) meeting in late April.
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Hong Kong-listed Samsonite International has wrapped up syndication of a $2.425bn loan for its acquisition of premium luggage maker Tumi.
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Wells Fargo quickly drew a large order book for a €3.5bn dual-tranche senior trade on Monday, as it became the first of the US banks to fund in euros after last week’s better than expected results.
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The Bank of England governor, Mark Carney, is not being allowed to stay out of the debate over the UK’s membership of the European Union, which is set to ramp up again this week.
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Office of the Chief Economist has been accused of blocking studies on politically inconvenient topics.
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US investors have crowded into bets on higher volatility, just as stocks have begun to recover.
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NBTY, the US vitamins and nutritional supplements manufacturer owned by Carlyle, had bank meetings in London this morning for its $1.8bn refinancing package, with another scheduled for Monday in New York.
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The US Senate Agriculture Committee was expected to review legislation reauthorising the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Thursday amid debate over the benefits of additional funding for financial regulators.
