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Capital markets players have a variety of stances on the forthcoming US presidential election. A survey by UBS this week found 51% of wealthy US investors wanted Joe Biden to win, while 55% of business owners favoured Donald Trump.

Chinese financial technology company Ant Group has sealed the world’s largest ever IPO, raising $34.4bn from dual listings in Shanghai and Hong Kong. The company built two mammoth order books despite a turbulent week for equity markets globally — although that created serious challenges for bankers allocating the stock. Jonathan Breen reports.

Compagnie Générale des Etablissements Michelin, the French tyre company, won more than €10bn of demand for its €1.5bn bond issue on Monday. Now a growing number of corporate bankers expect to see European high grade spreads return to pre-Covid 19 levels.

Prudential rules will become more supportive for UK banks after Brexit.

After months of waiting as even the great whites of the SSA oceans kept clear of primary bond sales in anticipation, the EU — now a bond market megalodon by comparison — cruised into a bait ball a quarter of a trillion euros big this week to take a €17bn bite out of its enormous pandemic recovery borrowing programme. Lewis McLellan and Bill Thornhill report.

Agricultural Development Bank of China returned to the offshore renminbi market this week with a Rmb5.7bn ($854m) triple-tranche transaction. The deal featured a rare 10 year tenor in the dim sum market, showing the potential for more long-dated CNH funding. Addison Gong reports.

Equity markets are pricing in a big win for Democrats in the US elections in November, meaning a large post-election stimulus package to help the economy through Covid-19. However, they should be wary as president Donald Trump is far from beaten.

Enel, the Italian energy company, printed the first sustainability-linked bond in sterling this week well through its curve, sparking expectations of far wider issuance in the still fledgling market.

A number of bond issues across CEEMEA and Latin America this week proved that investors are becoming tighter with their cash, especially regarding sub-investment grade credits.

Indonesia’s Star Energy Geothermal found solid investor demand for Asia’s first dollar-denominated project bond of the year. The deal was helped by the issuer’s investment grade rating and a green label that helped reduce pricing. Morgan Davis reports.

The ECB is mulling the idea of green Targeted Longer-Term Refinancing Operations to boost green lending. It's a noble aim — but it should work with the policies it has first, if it is serious about environmental impact.

Unbeatable funding conditions are drawing European banks away from their home currencies and into the dollar market. Deal arrangers predict there will be no let-up in the shift to dollars over the near term, reports Tyler Davies, as issuers prepare for an unsettling fourth quarter.