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Despite rough market conditions and angst over rates, array of deals have been well taken
It is difficult to see issuance conditions growing much better in the foreseeable future
Société Générale and Standard Chartered provided euro and yen tranches respectively in first World Bank-backed transaction involving the Japanese currency

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  • With EM bond funds already seeing outflows, many fund managers are frantically trying to raise cash in preparation for what the next week may hold with investors gripped by the “disastrous” performance numbers generated over the last few days.
  • Can the capital markets function properly with its workforce operating remotely, whether from home or at disaster recovery centres? This question is becoming increasingly important as the Covid-19 infection rate rockets and the death toll grows. One organisation that has more experience of coping than most is the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, based in Beijing.
  • CIMB Group Holdings and CIMB Bank chief executive Zafrul Aziz has been named Malaysia's new finance minister, amid tumultuous political change in the country.
  • The debt crisis at Citic Guoan Group deepened after the company announced its eighth domestic bond default this week. Fellow Chinese issuer, Macrolink Holding Co, was also unable to pay back a Rmb1bn ($144m) bond as the Covid-19 outbreak took a toll on its businesses.
  • Indonesia's OCBC NISP raised Rph2.75tr ($191m) from International Finance Corp through privately-placed sustainable bond transactions, split between a gender bond and a green bond.
  • Citi has hired industry veteran Loretta Ko as head of Hong Kong financial institutions, within the corporate banking division, according to an internal memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.