LatAm Weekly — Colombia runs out of gas, and so does the Mexican sovereign

LevFin summer rooftop drinks

Europe IG Wrap — Corporates retake top spot as volumes rise

Asia weekly — SoftBank’s jumbo bridge loan draws praise and concern

US IG Wrap — Paramount eyes June debt launch, data center utilities raise cash as long-bond yields rise

Excess Spread — Trades that solve problems, trades with history

UK challenger banks are enthusiastic about securitisation. If you’re going to Barcelona for FT Live’s Global ABS, peruse the list of attendees and you’ll see what I mean. You may also spot Paresh Raja, founder of Market Financial Solutions, though we have it on reasonable authority, via a spokesperson, that he does not plan to attend this edition.

9Questions — S Alexandra de Padua, Sean Darling, and Agnès Rossi, Proskauer — Infrastructure debt at the crossroads

Today’s infrastructure financings rarely fit neatly into traditional legal or capital markets categories: What was once viewed as a relatively straightforward real estate or project finance story has expanded into the broader capital markets ecosystem.