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Transition finance in transition — companies face investors in flux

Demand to invest in the low carbon transition is growing fast, but strategies are very diverse
Issuance net of buy-backs is not that high, and there is no sign of any indigestion

Caffil lands social covered bond as market ‘comes off the boil’

◆ Order book smaller than issuer’s last covered in January ◆ Banker said covered bond market has reached plateau ◆

AI impact fear rocks IPO hopefuls

Questions hang over the future of software as a service firms
Issuance net of buy-backs is not that high, and there is no sign of any indigestion
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  • Banks financing KKR’s £4.2bn purchase of waste management firm Viridor from Pennon were able to demonstrate certainty and deliverability of the financing for the deal to the Pennon board, despite chaotic markets which have seen rapid plunges in the prices of leveraged loans and high yield bonds.
  • The Small Business Administration (SBA) priced a government-guaranteed small business loan securitization this week in an otherwise frozen primary market. The role of government agencies such as the SBA is expected to be crucial in mitigating Covid-19’s impact as many other issuers find themselves paralysed in the face of volatility.
  • Global equity capital markets suffered severe hits this week, as governments scrambled to respond to an escalation in the coronavirus pandemic. But amid the mayhem, InnoCare Pharma saw an opportunity to launch its IPO, treating Hong Kong to its largest listing in about two months. Jonathan Breen reports.
  • ABS
    NEoT Offgrid Africa (NOA) has completed a microfinance securitization of sub-Saharan African solar trade receivables with arrangers with Société Générale and Credit Agricole to help fund renewable electricity across the Ivory Coast.
  • Optivo, the UK housing provider, has mandated banks for a long maturity sterling deal, a day after a compatriot housing association found healthy demand for a similar 23 year note in the currency.
  • India’s market regulator has given Equitas Small Finance Bank (ESF) the go-ahead for its IPO, which is expected to raise about Rp10bn ($136.3m).