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The dollar corporate bond market showed its resilience this week as issuance rebounded, despite the US-China trade turmoil. “Trump, Trump, Trump,” was how one syndicate manager explained the reasons for the return of volatility as high grade credit markets see-sawed with the President’s mood swings.

The Export-Import Bank of Thailand played to investors’ need for diversity on Wednesday, marketing a $300m-capped transaction at a very tight rate.

Mexican state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) was the highlight of a difficult start to the week for Latin American bonds. But though news of a new $8bn loan allowed it to outperform the market, analysts warned its troubles were far from over.

The strength of corporate bond demand, after falls in stockmarkets engendered by the US's hardened stance on trade talks with China, was tested in the US on Wednesday by a $20bn issue for IBM. In Europe, the test came on Thursday, as five companies finished roadshows and issued. So far the signs are very encouraging - good news for the clutch of companies still on the road.

European corporate bond investors showed they were hungry for paper on Thursday, despite the gloom infecting equity markets this week about the prospect of a restart to the China-US trade war. A flurry of issuers came to the market, hot from roadshows, and got plenty of over-subscription while slashing their spreads by 20bp to 30bp.

CCB Financial Leasing Corp sold a $700m dual-tranche transaction on Wednesday, without paying a new issue premium on either tranche, and pushing the pricing on the $200m 10 year some 10bp inside its curve.

The strength of corporate bond demand, after falls in stockmarkets engendered by the US's hardened stance on trade talks with China, will be tested in the US on Wednesday by a $20bn issue for IBM. In Europe, the test could come on Thursday, since a handful of issuers finished roadshows on Wednesday.

Philippine oil company Petron has received a strong response for its return to the offshore loan market, increasing the size of its deal to $800m.

VakifBank is the latest Turkish bank to refinance its existing debt, managing to secure a roll-over ratio of 100%.

China Forestry International Resources (CFIR) is struggling to obtain its lenders’ consent for a covenant waiver on a loan from 2017. The covenant was breached when CFIR’s state-owned parent, China Forestry Group, provided a guarantee for a $150m deal for another subsidiary launched in February.

Ireland’s CDB Aviation has signed its first unsecured syndicated loan, as the aircraft leasing company continues its drive to diversify its funding sources.

SMC Global Power Holdings Corp (SMCGP) sold a rare perpetual bond on Tuesday, proving that investors still like the format and the rarity of a Philippines credit.