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In this round-up, China and the US talked on Thursday after unhelpful comments from US president Donald Trump, China’s state council released policies on using social credits to regulate the market and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) published guidelines to help financial institutions exit from the market.

Latin American borrowers continue to make up for lost time amid encouraging issuance conditions as debt capital markets bankers say a few more could sneak through to primary markets before the August break.

Debt capital markets bankers say more Mexican companies could rush to bond markets, as strong conditions for issuance outweigh the increasing concerns surrounding the direction of the country's economy.

The US high grade corporate bond new issue market went dark for two days this week, as corporate America skulked in earnings blackouts. Next week could be big, but it is likely to be a long, dry summer.

Bank of America and Morgan Stanley provided much-needed cheer for supply-starved investors on Thursday, after they became the first US banks to tap the dollar market after reporting earnings.

Leaders of the big US investment banks were cautiously optimistic about upcoming investment banking activity, despite a poor second quarter across their capital markets divisions.

The S&P 500 last week broke through the 3,000 level and set a new record high to cap seven months of global equity indices gains. But active equity fund managers remain sceptical of the rally and are continuing to exercise caution particularly in IPO investing.

Bill Ackman’s hedge fund management company Pershing Square Holdings has sold $400m worth of 20 year bonds to Guggenheim Partners Investment Management.

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China’s DouYu International Holdings ended a three month journey to a Nasdaq listing this week, closing the biggest Chinese deal on the exchange this year. The company was forced to price the shares at the bottom of guidance, but returned with a much bigger size than originally planned. Gina Lee and Jonathan Breen report.

Ilfryn Carstairs, global chief investment officer at alternative investor Värde Partners, will become co-CEO from next year, while keeping his co-CIO title.

Just 16 days after Laurentino Cortizo took office as president, Panama tapped the bond market for its largest ever deal. The government said it needed to raise funds to make overdue payments.