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Secondary market selling of private bonds may be wreaking havoc with the primary market for public debt but the trades were still the right thing to do
Sovereign's $3bn deal tightens well as Asian demand returns
The sovereign's public and private bonds of similar maturities are trading over 25bp apart

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  • Standard Chartered managing director and head of Africa DCM James Nelson is returning to London after two years in Dubai.
  • The IPOs of two Turkish retailers, Beymen and DeFacto, were cancelled at the end of last week, after failing to attract enough demand to cover the shares on offer. A third IPO, Şok Marketler, was extended to Wednesday May 9. All three were seeking to list in Istanbul.
  • After four years away from the high yield market, UK North Sea operator Ithaca Energy was back with a bond refinancing deal this week, as European oil and gas issuance runs well ahead of last year’s pace.
  • Turkey’s Vakıf Katılım Bankası has signed its debut syndicated loan, increasing the Sharia-compliant murabaha facility after lenders piled into it.
  • IndInfravit Trust lifted the gloom in India’s infrastructure investment trust market this week after its Rp32.3bn ($484m) private placement, a first for the asset class, drew in Allianz Capital Partners and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
  • Before a dam bursts, there are telltale signs. A few drops of water might eke their way through, some ominous creaking could sound, or the once-sturdy walls might look like they’re starting to buckle. Similar indicators are showing in parts of the emerging markets loan market, with more borrowers asking for terms that until now were only seen on investment grade, developed market deals.