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Investors may be underestimating the chance of a Eurosceptic, populist government taking power in Italy, one expert on the country warned this week, as the Five Star Movement and Northern League on Thursday made strong progress on forming a coalition — without any mainstream parties. When the general election in early March failed to deliver a government, such a coalition was widely deemed the worst possible outcome for the market — particularly as one of the few policies the duo share is a looser fiscal policy.

Public sector dollar issuance is expected to reignite next week but the flatness of the curve means supply will likely be concentrated at the short end.

The Futures Industry Association on Thursday broadly endorsed the need for mechanisms that help deal with extreme volatility on trading venues, arguing that there shouldn't be a "one-size-fits-all" approach.

GlaxoSmithKline added to the crush of red hot dollar bond supply this week, as borrowers began a spring stampede to lock in funding ahead of a likely rate rise next month.

The project company widening London's orbital motorway is set to refinance a roughly £1bn syndicated loan with public bonds in the coming weeks.

The global pressure on emerging markets, triggered by a multitude of factors but most obviously a rapidly strengthening dollar, has been felt across the asset class. The most notable casualty in equities has been Turkey, which at the beginning of 2018 was expected to produce a bumper crop of IPOs this year.

After releasing first quarter results, Canadian drugmaker Valeant is again looking to refinance old debt with less restrictive facilities, announcing a new $5.3bn refinancing package on Thursday.

Investors in emerging market assets have been caught short in the past fortnight, with many wrongly positioned for the rising dollar. The sharp fall in EM asset prices has caught many by surprise, but if two weeks of pain has taught them anything, it is that passive investing is not a good idea.

The Bank of England avoided bringing any surprises before the UK Debt Management Office sells its first syndication of the 2018-19 financial year next week as it kept its base rate on hold on Thursday. But some analysts are warning that investors may be overconfident of a hike later this year.

Pfandbrief borrowers rarely issue sterling deals of more than £250m, so when LBBW priced a £750m transaction with demand of £1.4bn this week, alarm bells were ringing. The astounding wall of money chasing the safest of safe assets may say as much about the state of the market as it does about the value of the deal itself.

The Republic of Ghana was set to price its dollar dual tranche bond as GlobalCapital went to press on Thursday evening, having picked a phenomenal day for a deal, with the bonds of several African sovereigns bouncing two points.

The last two weeks have been the toughest in recent memory for emerging market bond investors who have seen their assets in local currencies and dollars alike take a hammering amid the collapse in the Argentine peso and Turkish lira.