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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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  • China Jinmao Holdings hit the Panda market for the first time in 2018 on Wednesday, raising Rmb3bn ($476.9m). The three year bond priced just one basis point above a Panda of the same tenor sold by another real estate issuer a week earlier.
  • Two high profile Latin American issuers brought the region’s corporate sector back into play on Thursday. Mexico’s Grupo Bimbo and Brazilian lender Banco do Brasil both managed hefty spread tightening after offering conservative price talk, much like the EM sovereigns that dominated primary markets.
  • Argentine gas pipeline operator Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS) became the latest Latin American corporate to join the new issue pipeline on Thursday, as bankers predict market conditions will become friendlier.
  • The first investment grade sovereign trades from Latin American in more than two months left the sell-side feeling more optimistic about the pipeline as issuers were finally able to enjoy relative stability in broader markets.
  • CEE
    With little clarity on the full scope of the new round of sanctions on Russia from the US Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC), service providers have been quick to cut ties with the seven sanctioned oligarchs and their related entities for risk of violating new rules on facilitating business with designated individuals or entities.
  • Some 10 months after the eruption of the Gulf diplomatic crisis last summer, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have proved that the market is big enough for both of them, printing $11bn and $12bn deals respectively, and garnering a combined book exceeding $100bn.