North America

The dollar market this week was limited to just a few small trades, thanks primarily to a sudden lurch in rates provoked by last week’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting in the US.

HSBC’s quest to gain market share in investment banking took another turn this week with the latest revamp of its corporate finance structure in the US, which took place against a backdrop of relocations and reshuffles around the world, writes David Rothnie.

Chinese technology companies are flocking back to the US for IPOs after months of poor market conditions and the regulatory crackdown on the sector brought deal flow to a near halt. There is more on the way too, as issuers look to wrap up deals before the summer slowdown. Jonathan Breen reports.

Mexican car parts maker Nemak sold $500m of sustainability-linked bonds on Wednesday in its first issue since it was spun off from conglomerate Grupo Alfa. Nemak’s deal was priced 25bp inside a recent SLB from its similarly rated peer Metalsa.

Dingdong (Cayman), a Chinese e-commerce company for fresh groceries, and its rival Missfresh are testing investor appetite at the same time for their US IPOs.

Canada’s federal pensions manager, Public Sector Pension Investments, made its debut on the international bond market on Tuesday — and will soon be back for more. It was joined in the market by International Finance Corporation’s first ever bond linked to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (Sofr).

China’s Full Truck Alliance (FTA), billed as an Uber-style service for trucks, has raised $1.56bn from its New York IPO. A wave of global demand pushed final pricing to the top of the guidance, said a banker close to the deal.

Chinese online human resources service provider 51job has raised a $1.825bn term loan from two banks to support its take-private.

Bondholders of Mexican payroll lender AlphaCredit are facing very low recoveries, say credit analysts, after the company failed to pay a $15m coupon payment due on June 19 on its senior secured 2022s.

Mexican car parts maker Nemak is looking to become the latest Latin American company to issue a sustainability-linked bond, having begun investor meetings on Monday. Like other LatAm SLB issuers from the sector, Nemak is including a coupon step-up linked to Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions — though the company has a separate target to reduce its far more significant Scope 3 emissions.

The Federal Reserve made a hawkish lurch at its meeting last week and the consequences are still rippling through rates markets with just two SSA borrowers attempting deals in what could prove volatile markets.

Canadian telecommunications company Telus is set to print the nation’s first sustainability-linked bond, after launching its framework earlier this week. Fellow Canadian Enbridge could join Telus: the oil pipeline operator published its SLB framework on Thursday.