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Focus was on the public market this week, with supranationals making up the majority of MTN supply.

JP Morgan's Raj Kapadia has joined MUFG as international head of capital markets, as the firm increases its leveraged finance focus. It has also set up a new group to advise clients at the C-suite level on market and macroeconomic developments, led by Tom Joyce, a hire from Deutsche Bank.

The world’s biggest banks sat out the primary bond market in dollars this week, dashing hopes of a pre-election funding blitz.

Indonesia coal producer Indika Energy was back in the debt market on Thursday with a $450m bond.

High grade corporate bond investors had their pick of crossover deals this week, with Inwit, Veolia and Cellnex offering trades on the periphery of junk ratings, with demand solid as risk appetite remains strong.

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.

SMC Global Power Holdings Corp was one of the few Asian issuers outside of China to turn to the dollar market this week. The Philippine borrower attracted ample investor support, allowing it to raise more money than it had first planned.

Four bond issuers from Greater China followed the Chinese ministry of finance into the dollar market on Wednesday, snapping up $1.4bn between them.

China raised a combined $6bn from a four tranche transaction on Wednesday, turning to US investors for the first time despite rising tensions between the two countries. It appeared a smart move, helping the bonds price well inside fair value. Morgan Davis reports.

The former head of global debt capital markets origination at Deutsche Bank has linked up with 40 of his former colleagues to form a capital markets advisory firm very much in the spirit of the times — as a network that operates online — as the coronavirus pandemic forces a rethink of traditional investment banking models.

Veolia, the French water and waste company, and Spanish telecoms infrastructure firm Cellnex were out with crossover rated debt on Wednesday, giving investment grade corporate investors a double chance to pick up spreads at the higher end of their remit.

Enel, the Italian energy company, proved that there is sterling demand for sustainability-linked bonds on Tuesday, with the borrower repeating its achievement in dollars and euros by creating the market in the currency.