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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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  • Agrokor, the troubled Croatian food conglomerate, has posted a breakdown of its debt, three days after Standard & Poor's downgraded it from CC to selective default.
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    Turkey’s QNB Finansbank set final terms on a $750m five year bond on Thursday, leaning on the ownership of Aa3/A+/AA- rated Qatar National Bank to print inside where analysts saw fair value — despite some investors objecting.
  • Agrokor, the debt-ridden Croatian food conglomerate, has posted a breakdown of its debt, three days after Standard & Poor's downgraded it from CC to Selective Default.
  • Australian billionaire James Packer unwound the last of his position in a Macau joint venture with Hong Kong scion Lawrence Ho this week. Packer raked in $1.2bn from an unusually structured deal that included a $337m block trade, capturing the attention of Asian and US investors. Jonathan Breen reports.
  • Korea Expressway Corp broke South Korean issuers’ silence in the Swiss market on Wednesday. As rates stabilise for Swiss investors, and basis swaps improve for foreign issuers, Zurich bankers hope this deal reignites more bonds from the Asian country.
  • CK Hutchison sold a hybrid bond featuring a dual-step structure this week, designed to qualify for partial equity treatment from ratings agencies. While demand was strong for the $1bn deal, priced off the back of a $4.25bn book, some handholding was needed to make investors comfortable. Addison Gong reports.