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  • Latin American borrowers appeared willing to brave weaker markets this week as three issuers announced deals — though only two had been priced by Thursday’s close.
  • Brazilian mining giant Vale is set to continue its rapid deleveraging process with a tender offer for up to $1.75bn of two bonds maturing in 2021 and 2022 and the redemption of all of its 2020s.
  • Senior executives of the International Finance Corp and Amundi will gather in Paris on Friday afternoon for the official signing of Amundi Planet — Emerging Green One: the innovative fund the organisations set up to invest in green bonds issued by emerging market banks. The fund is already closed and listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
  • Brazil’s largest private sector lender Banco Itaú was unable to tighten pricing from initial price thoughts on its return to bond markets on Monday as investors remain hesitant to add risk in choppy markets.
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    The International Finance Corp and Crédit Agricole CIB have engaged in their second synthetic risk transfer (SRT) transaction. It continues the work both institutions have been doing to interweave such deals with socially responsible purposes.
  • PKO Bank Hipoteczny may not have attracted the most overall demand in Thursday’s packed issuance window, but its covered bond was notable for having the highest spread and strongest subscription ratio of the five deals in the market.