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Huarong Asset Management Co hired 30 banks to lead its triple tranche transaction on Thursday, relying on some orders from the leads to secure $1.9bn.

Triton International, a global shipping container firm based in Bermuda, has amended and extended a $1.25bn revolving credit facility, cutting its debt cost in the process.

Chinese issuers were out in force again in the bond markets on Wednesday, with financial companies ICBC International Holdings and Avic International Leasing Co raising $1.15bn between them.

Brazil’s Suzano tapped international bond investors for the fourth time since September on Tuesday, capitalising on a dearth of recent supply from Latin America and favourable sentiment towards the pulp and paper sector.

Three Chinese borrowers sold perpetual notes on Tuesday, raising a combined $900m from the rare structure.

The Republic of Indonesia raised ¥177bn ($1.6bn) from a six tranche bond sale in Japanese yen on Thursday, making it the largest public Samurai bond deal from an Asian country.

KKR, the US private equity firm, issued its first euro bond on a crowded day on Wednesday, competing with four other issuers, but that did not stop it achieving attractive execution.

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.