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  • The viability of short volatility strategies in derivatives markets was dealt a severe blow this week, after a historic spike in equity volatility torpedoed popular exchange traded notes. Costas Mourselas reports.
  • Leverage finance bankers are bracing themselves for a rise in mezzanine financing in Asia, buoyed by talk that part of the HK$32bn loan to back a record-breaking Hong Kong property deal will be financed with junior debt.
  • Asian stocks added to the rout in global equity markets this week, putting a speed bump in front of the frenetic pace of primary activity. But deals continued to get done through the worst of the selldown, as equity bankers argued that the sell-off was a healthy, and temporary, correction. John Loh reports.
  • Stock market volatility quickly spread to bonds this week, bringing Asia’s dollar bond market to a near standstill. The hold-up has started to ease and issuers are preparing deals again, but the blip has created a backlog of bond issues that will flood the market after Chinese New Year. Morgan Davis reports.
  • GLP has raised Rmb1.2bn ($191m) from a nine year Panda bond on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The size of the Belt and Road branded deal was expanded, surprising some in the market.
  • Local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) from Fujian and Jiangxi braved the offshore debt market this week, after share prices across Asia and the US recovered from a bout of volatility. The two companies raised $500m between them.
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