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EM LatAm

Peso pile-up leaves Argie pipeline in bits

Two Argentine corporates postponed bond issues on Thursday as the Central Bank of Argentina’s (BCRA) attempts to control the fall in the peso proved fruitless, leaving investors asking questions about the country’s economic outlook. Oliver West reports.

Oliver West, May 03, 2018
Spreads fall in non-QM RMBS as market deepens

The market for RMBS backed by non-qualified mortgages has grown since their inception in 2014, increasing investors’ familiarity with the deals and pushing spreads down on the bonds.

Max Adams, May 03, 2018
Technology

Swiss Exchange bolsters its HFT with microwaves

The Swiss Exchange has acquired a microwave trading company that could accelerate the time it takes to transmit trades.

Nell Mackenzie, May 03, 2018
Private debt

Private debt’s attractions grow for infrastructure finance

Infrastructure debt is a favoured corner of the capital markets for policymakers and investors alike. But nowhere is immune from plentiful liquidity in fixed income, and yields have been squeezed. Investors are getting paid less and less for the illiquidity and complexity of the asset class — so they have had to go looking further afield. Owen Sanderson reports.

Owen Sanderson, May 03, 2018
Private debt

Direct lending – a bite out of banks’ business

New investors are pouring into direct lending and they are scrapping for bigger ticket sizes. Competition has grown quickly, allowing deals of increased complexity and variety to get done. But with everyone chasing the same deals, some have opted to compromise on credit quality. Can the industry weather a change in the credit cycle when it inevitably arrives? Nell Mackenzie reports.

Nell Mackenzie, May 03, 2018
Private debt

Looming volatility set to test unrated bonds’ popularity

Europe, unlike the US, has a market for unrated public bonds. This has been one reason why Europe’s private placement market has not grown as large as that in the US. In good times issuers find it a valid alternative to getting a rating, however, as tougher conditions return, the pendulum may be swinging the other way. Nigel Owen reports.

Nigel Owen, May 03, 2018
Private debt

Low rates to end, but fresh challenges await MTNs

The market for corporate MTNs has come under pressure from monetary policy, regulation and a proliferation of alternative products. Dealers have been forced to adapt to new conditions to find ways to demonstrate value, but fresh challenges are approaching. Lewis McLellan reports.

Lewis McLellan, May 03, 2018
Asia

Bank of China hires Skeet amid ambitious plans

Bank of China (BoC) plans to play to its strengths by deploying its balance sheet and providing liquidity to parched investors. With syndicate and trading operations in place, it has hired Tim Skeet as head of Western European origination.

Bill Thornhill, May 03, 2018
Private debt

Roundtable Discussion: Room for all in European private debt

European issuers are finding ever greater depths of liquidity in the private debt market with the Euro PP, Schuldschein and US PP markets all offering different options. GlobalCapital brought together a number of bankers, investors and issuers in London in mid-March to discuss the state of the markets and how they see them developing.

Nigel Owen, May 03, 2018
Private debt

Euro PP awaits end of QE but pan-European hopes fade

The Euro private placement market has had to fight competition on all sides, and quantitative easing has helped to make that more intense, with banks, the Schuldschein market and public bonds offering very cheap funding. Prospects of the cheap money tide ebbing are raising spirits. But as Silas Brown reports, the idea of one Euro PP market covering Europe is fading.

Silas Brown, May 03, 2018
Private debt

Roundtable Discussion: Investors keep discipline, wait for narrow space to broaden

Paris is a centre for continental European private debt activity that goes on outside the German Schuldschein and US private placement markets, which are both clearly defined by their legal documents.

Toby Fildes, May 03, 2018
EM LatAm

Brazilian Andrade defaults on bond maturity

Engineering and construction company Andrade Gutierrez Engenharia, one of the largest contractors in Latin America, failed to repay a senior unsecured bond that matured on April 30.

Oliver West, May 03, 2018

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