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  • Italy found strong demand for a surprise syndicated tap on Thursday — despite a fresh and steep sell-off across its curve throughout the day — proving the peripheral sovereign had access to the capital markets even during extremely difficult conditions.
  • The UK Debt Management Office has chosen the tenor for the final syndication of its 2018-2019 financial year, as Gilt yields rallied this week amid confusion over how the UK will eventually leave the European Union.
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    The European Stability Mechanism has softened the eligibility criteria for its precautionary credit lines, under a eurozone reform package sealed by the European Union on Tuesday.
  • The party looks to be over in emerging market bonds leaving borrowers with one heck of a funding hangover. Years of low rates have prompted a debt splurge from borrowers able to fund at ever lower coupons. But just as dollar rates are on the increase, those credits are racing towards a $2tr maturity wall and the problem of how to refinance it in a market that has presented clear symptoms of risk fatigue this year shows no sign of abating. Lewis McLellan and Francesca Young report.
  • Italy carried out a syndicated buyback alongside a reopening of its October 2021 issue on Thursday, despite a steep sell-off in the sovereign’s curve throughout the day.
  • Mizuho International, the London securities and investment banking arm of the Japanese banking group, has cut jobs in its capital markets business over the past week, and among those leaving is a senior DCM banker.