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  • Italy sold debt with a negative yield for the second day in a row on Wednesday, as it prepares for a sale of longer term bonds amid strong speculation that the European Central Bank will expand quantitative easing in December.
  • SSA borrowers this week provided investors with a strong line up of innovative products. A new standard was set in SRI bonds, Cyprus raised €1bn via an innovative switch offer, Italy sold two year debt at a negative yield and British Columbia is lining up its debt Panda bond.
  • The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has tapped the dollar bond market for the second time this year with a $1.5bn transaction. Even though the sovereign had to pay up more than in its May outing, it ended up executing its largest ever bond.
  • Republic of Cyprus completed a rare combined syndication and switch offer on Tuesday with 40% of the new issue going to existing bond holders.
  • Peru opened books on its first euro transaction in over a decade on Tuesday morning, while other Latin American sovereigns are eyeing deals in the currency.
  • The Province of British Columbia (BC) is mulling a debut Panda bond, which would set another record for the province as the first foreign government issuer in China's onshore bond market. However, to go ahead BC will need the Chinese regulator to allow sovereigns into the recently reopened Panda bond market.