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The country is one of the most versatile sovereign issuers, printing across multiple formats
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Primary market for public sector unlikely to see large transactions until after Easter, reckon bankers
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Market participants pray for no negative news overnight in hope of ‘pre-Easter wave of issuance’
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Two day executions expose dollar issuers to market volatility
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  • Not content with the central bank purchase programmes of seemingly infinite elasticity, some Italian officials have recently floated the possibility of the ECB forgiving the debt it has purchased. This is illegal, and changing the law is not what Europe needs at the moment.
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    Hungary and Poland will not veto the EU’s budget, ending the threat to the bloc’s €750bn coronavirus recovery fund, after the parties agreed to a compromise at Thursday’s European Summit.
  • New MENA heads at Citi and Goldman Sachs — Julia Hoggett moves from FCA to LSE — LBBW hires Sim for Asia team
  • France and Belgium announced borrowing programmes for 2021 this week. France is aiming for the same amount as this year, while Belgium is paring back its needs.
  • France has lined up its 2021 funding programme, looking to sell some long end syndications and to return to the green bond market for its sophomore outing in the format.
  • The Guangdong provincial government sold Rmb10bn ($1.5bn) of special purpose bonds this week, creating a new form of support for small and medium-sized banks. The proceeds will provide a crucial source of funding for the country’s many capital-starved regional lenders, but there are questions about how effective the scheme will be. Addison Gong reports.