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Business has sagged in the third quarter, but the pipeline is busy, despite an intractable war
Private bonds are now being offered in the open market wider than where public deals trade
Even as USTs stay near 5%, supply expected to pick up

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  • BBVA Bancomer and Industrias Peñoles sold a combined $1.8bn of bonds on Thursday to follow up Grupo Bimbo’s blow-out trade earlier in the week as investors found a sweet spot in high quality Mexican corporate debt.
  • Alpek, the petrochemicals business of Mexican conglomerate Grupo Alfa, could become the next company from the country to make the most of attractive market conditions as it looks to the bond market to refinance short-term bank debt maturities.
  • Argentina’s dollar bonds bounced as much as five points this week as investors were finally tempted to nibble at the distressed levels on offer. But analysts warned that the capital controls imposed by authorities would provide only short-term relief.
  • High-yield bond funds are a lot more exposed to a liquidity shortfall than funds for other asset classes, according to a stress test developed by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). The publication of ESMA’s results came in the same week as a Bank of England official discussed solutions to fund fire-sales.
  • Holders of the defaulted EA Partners bonds claim that Etihad Airways and Abu Dhabi gave them implicit guarantees for the notes, which were issued to fund other troubled airlines. The bondholders, backed by restructuring advisers and corporate sleuths, are buckling up for a battle for their money. Karoliina Liimatainen reports.
  • Paddy Power looks to cash out with US private placements — Spurs up private placement deal to £525m — LXi Reit draws new revolver for acquisitions — AMS lines up €4.2bn bridge loan in Osram swoop — Ukraine’s Kernel to tap lenders for A&E