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In this round-up, China and the US will talk in Beijing at the end of the week, China’s interbank payment and settlement system survived the Lunar New Year red packet frenzy and a draft of the foreign investment law will be submitted in early March.

Pinduoduo, a Nasdaq-listed Chinese e-commerce company, has raised $1.38bn from a follow-on offering.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has ramped up its Brexit preparations by establishing a new EU broker dealer and appointing Sanaz Zaimi as its CEO.

Bank of Nova Scotia this week became the third Canadian bank to have hit the dollar market with a debut bail-in bond, as spreads continued to rally.

Just six months after listing on the Nasdaq, Chinese start-up Pinduoduo is back in the equity market to raise around $1bn from a follow-on offering.

Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) laminated its SSA membership card this week as it tightened pricing while equalling its largest ever dollar benchmark for size — despite political turmoil in one of its shareholders.

No candidate from an emerging or developing country has come forward to challenge US politician David Malpass for the presidency of the World Bank Group.

Governments of low income countries will need private capital to finance infrastructure projects if they are to meet the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, according to a report from the International Monetary Fund. Phil Thornton reports

US sanctions have brought secondary markets in Venezuelan sovereign bonds and those of state oil company PDVSA to a standstill, leaving investors unable to trade. As a result, the bonds may be withdrawn from the JP Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index.

High yield bonds for auto parts manufacturer Adient slipped more than three points on Thursday as the company tweaked its loan covenants and produced disappointing numbers. The firm’s new management is taking aggressive action to turn the group around and says it needs the financial headroom to do so.

The dollar issuance calendar continued to smoulder with a handful of borrowers enjoying bulging order books and pricing leverage as investors continued to return in force to high-grade credit. With corporate earnings still acting as a handbrake and the Chinese New Year further dampening activity, supply was steady rather than spectacular.

Brazilian airline Gol found it difficult to prise its bonds out of investors’ hands with a tender offer in January, receiving only 14% take-up. CFO Richard Lark said it indicated investors’ positive sentiment towards Brazilian credit in general and Gol in particular.