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Chilean copper miner Codelco is having trouble persuading existing note holders to part with their paper, after printing $2bn of new debt at record low yields in September.

Greece has appointed a syndicate to lead a tap of the 10 year bond it issued earlier this year, in what will be its fourth public transaction of 2019. The trade will be joined in the market by a new 10 year euro benchmark from the Province of Québec.

Corporate, FIG and SSA issuers placed floating rate notes this week, pegged to Euribor, Sonia and Libor. With so many issuers coming to market, bankers are interested to see which other borrowers 'take advantage of the liquidity'.

Randal Quarles, the head of global regulator the Financial Stability Board, warned on Thursday that cryptocurrencies and increasing fragmentation of financial markets carried the greatest threats to market stability.

Crisis-hit countries that go through a painful debt restructuring programme as part of a bailout enjoy much steeper cuts in their medium-term debt, according to an independent analysis of International Monetary Fund rescue programmes.

The fourth quarter began on a rocky note for global equities but the US high grade bond market has shrugged off concerns about stalling growth and issuance conditions remain strong.

For Canadian pension fund CDPQ, direct investments in private equity have become a crucial part of portfolio management. As the political debate around PE firms heats up globally, the Quebec pensioners are enjoying the fruits of CDPQ’s foray into the risky, demanding asset class that is off-limits for many smaller pension funds.

Three Chinese companies joined the queue to list in the US within the past week. Youdao, an online education platform founded by Chinese technology company NetEase, is planning the largest of the IPOs, seeking up to $300m.

Brazilian ECM has surged this year, thanks to a belief in president Jair Bolsonaro’s plans for the economy. Brazilian corporates have taken advantage of investor excitement to raise more than $15.4bn in equity financing over the first three quarters of 2019. But this could be just the start, with a wave of privatisation also possible.

Hong Kong SAR’s equity capital market has come back to life recently with a handful of well-received IPOs. A further boost is also likely if the US goes ahead with its threat of banning Chinese listings on its exchanges, writes Jonathan Breen.

Credit Suisse has found one way to deal with low interest rates in Europe: switch into another currency. The Swiss bank has conjured up an extra Sfr250m ($250m) of net interest income (NII) per year from changing how it hedges the capital to meet its operational risk.

Contrary to growing fears of an impending recession, Fisch Asset Management believes that the global economy is in a “Goldilocks” period and recession is a distant prospect. But as a result, Fisch believes the SSA market is in “one of the biggest bubbles” it has experienced and faces a “quick and strong” correction.