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Deep breath for market as more guidance, more mandates appear
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Sovereign's $3bn deal tightens well as Asian demand returns

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  • Two Latin American companies raised dollar funding this week while two stayed on the sidelines as bankers said broader market conditions affected appetite in the region.
  • Debt capital markets bankers are beginning to pitch additional tier one deals to Chile’s banks as the South American country’s general banking law brings regulations in line with Basel III recommendations.
  • Landlocked South American country Paraguay is looking at the possibility of creating a sovereign wealth fund as part of a possible adjustment of its fiscal responsibility law, said deputy finance minister Humberto Colman Castillo.
  • Russian borrowers seem to have no trouble accessing capital markets, despite sanctions and international condemnation for the Russian government's alleged poisoning of the spy, Sergei Skripal, in the UK. But that shouldn’t surprise anyone. Despite the lip service paid to the idea of responsible investment, most investors are not so choosy.
  • At the end of the first quarter, Citi sits at the top of the CEEMEA league tables. But as one of, if not the most dominant bank for this business over the last five years this comes as no shock. The real surprise is the bank currently holding second position: Standard Chartered.
  • The Kingdom of Bahrain was set to print a $1bn 7.5 year sukuk on Wednesday evening from a book of $2.2bn, with leads having managed to crunch the coupon to 6.875%. Rivals had called the guidance for the note “a new record” high for a new issue premium, but leads said the illiquidity of the sukuk curve rendered the concept of new issue premium almost meaningless.