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  • No Latin American borrowers tapped international bond markets this week as most of the region takes an extended break for Easter, but Argentina is once again providing most of the excitement.
  • Bond investors were sanguine on Central American sovereign El Salvador’s international bonds even as they took a battering in secondary markets this week in the wake of a default on domestic debt.
  • Intesa Sanpaolo has objected to a report by a Russian news agency that it was “considering not syndicating” its €5.2bn loan to finance the acquisition of shares in Rosneft by Glencore and the Qatar Investment Authority.
  • Risk appetite propelled CEEMEA into a bullish second quarter with nearly $16bn of bonds printed in Easter week. Saudi Arabia led the charge with a $9bn sukuk, but demand for duration played into the hands of KazMunayGas which raised $1.25bn of 30 year debt.
  • Saudi Arabia’s $9bn sukuk was, for the second time, a staggering market debut from the sovereign. But size came at a price and the issuer paid up over its conventional curve, writes Virginia Furness.
  • China Huishan Dairy Holdings’ credentials have gone from bad to worse after it said on Monday that an event of default has been declared on its $200m loan, once again turning the spotlight on lending to non state-backed firms. While some bankers shrugged off the matter as a one off, others fear that getting lending approvals is set to become even more difficult. Shruti Chaturvedi reports.