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Deep breath for market as more guidance, more mandates appear
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  • The People’s Bank of China has made long-awaited changes to its Panda bond guidelines, offering clarity to issuers that had previously been forced to deal with ambiguity and confusion. But bankers say the changes do not go far enough. Rebecca Feng reports.
  • Embassy Office Parks Reit filed for India’s first property trust this week, pushing ahead with an IPO that has been in the works for years. The joint venture of Blackstone and its local partner will be hoping to exorcise the ghosts of infrastructure investment trusts (InvIt) past, with the pressure on for a successful outcome. John Loh reports.
  • The IMF and Argentina’s announcement of a new improved financing package came after markets closed on Wednesday, but bond investors say it can be positive for the country's sovereign bonds.
  • CEE
    Turkey’s Akbank has signed a $980m-equivalent syndicated loan, sending a wave of relief through the debt markets — though the borrower had to make significant concessions amid Turkey’s economic difficulties.
  • Carl Mace has started at ICBC Standard Bank to trade hard currency EM sovereign debt.
  • Cifi Holdings Group Co added $300m to its existing 2022 bonds on Wednesday as it got ahead of the expected supply pipeline, but the real estate company was forced to pay a juicy premium for the deal.