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In this round-up, Chinese president Xi Jinping has promised $3bn in additional support to developing countries fighting the pandemic, the State Council explicitly bans bitcoin mining and trading as part of an intense crackdown on cryptocurrencies, and Liaoning province is set to welcome a new city commercial bank.

Having come to the aid of Main Street stalwarts such as car rental company Hertz, video game store GameStop Corp, cinema group AMC Entertainment Holdings and diner chain Denny’s, it seems that US equity investors are now stepping in to help out that other pillar of American society — CLO managers.

Sovereign, surpranational and agency borrowers have endured a rough week in the euro market. Trust in the ECB’s support is flagging and inflation is threatening to return. It’s going to be a bumpy ride and issuers that can steer clear for now would do well to.

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase’s $1.25bn foray into the convertible bond market this week may be a sign of cryptos going mainstream. But the sight of such a borrower raising vanilla equity capital was not necessarily something to cheer about.

Foreign ownership of Chinese domestic bonds has hit an all-time high of over Rmb3.6tr ($562bn) — an impressive number but one that warrants a much closer look.

Hong Kong's heat levels have hit 30 degrees Celsius recently — meaning it's time for junk boat season.

Spreads in the European sovereign, supranational, agency sector moved wider on Wednesday in the wake of the European Union’s deal with the Street accounting for most of the flows.But with Bund yields expected to stabilise soon spreads should consolidate, believed several traders.

The US Federal Reserve’s market liquidity measures have provided the fuel that has propelled stock markets to new highs. But its core mandate is to fight inflation and unemployment, not to line the pockets of stock investors. If the central bank is wrong about the “transitory” nature of the recent spike in inflation, then it must act.

Long call periods are now an established feature in bank capital products, but the benefits should also apply to the senior market, particularly when it comes to riskier borrowers beginning their MREL journeys.

David Cameron’s involvement with Greensill Capital blew a financial scandal into a political crisis, as details emerged of the close contacts between the company, civil servants, ministers and the British establishment. Last week, UK lawmakers had their chance to grill Cameron directly, in a session which can’t have been too comfortable. But amid the self-exculpation, the ex-Prime Minister had a couple of good points.

Secondary bond traders in the SSA and covered bond markets are focussed on Tuesday’s European Union new issue amid hopes that it will help draw a line as far as secondary market weakness is concerned. But with one eye on the European Central Bank’s June meeting, there is still some trepidation about prospective cuts in central bank asset purchasing.

In this round-up, the People’s Bank of China leaves the one year medium-term lending facility rate unchanged for over a year, it plans Rmb25bn ($3.9bn) of bill issuance in Hong Kong, and the Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses approve China’s first public infrastructure real estate investment trusts since the pilot programme’s launch last April.