North America

Habeck returns to syndicate at SMBC — Deutsche appoints co-heads of Americas ECM — JPM sends levfin bankers to US — Elfring lured out of retirement — Barclays hires CLO syndicator — Eagle Point snags head corporate trader

Former Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley banker Dolph Habeck has landed a senior syndicate role at SMBC Nikko in New York, following his recent spell at Greensill Capital.

Deutsche Bank has promoted two bankers from within to lead its Americas equity capital markets business.

UP Fintech Holding's follow-on offering in the US drew a 10 times oversubscribed book, as its fintech credentials and online operations proved appealing to investors.

Bank of Montreal is seeking investor consent to switch from referencing Libor to Sonia on its sterling covered bond, following similar moves from other borrowers. Different calculation methods are emerging for the transition.

UP Fintech Holding has launched a follow-on offering of new American depositary shares (ADS) worth around $173.5m.

CPPIB Capital sold its first public Sonia floating rate note on Monday, with Oesterreichische Kontrollbank set to be the next public sector borrower to hit the sterling market after mandating banks for a long four year fixed rate benchmark.

Chinese online recruitment company Kanzhun has hit the road with an up to $912m Nasdaq listing.

Deutsche Bank’s recently announced policy on returning to the New York office in September fits what many bankers have been expecting for months and heralds a return to normality. But for a small subset of bankers who left offices in London for lockdown in March 2020, the end of restrictions will also mean a change of circumstances — and getting used to living in a new country.

Brazilian steel producer CSN and Mexican building materials company Cemex continued a storming week for Latin American high yield issuance with new deals that attracted bumper orders and priced tight to bankers’ expectations — even if comparable deals were not always clear cut.

Supply was light in the US corporate bond market this week, partly because the May non-farm payrolls report is due on Friday. Participants are braced for volatility after the US Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday it would start selling its holdings of corporate bonds, purchased as a stimulus measure at the height of the pandemic. It was left to Vodafone of the UK to reopen new issuance after the Memorial Day holiday.

Financial institutions returned to the dollar in their droves after the memorial Day holiday, with 12 borrowers cramming more than $15bn of issuance into three days this week.