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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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  • New research from analysts at Helaba points to a flight to safety in the Schuldschein market over the course of 2020. Rated issuers are making up a bigger share of deals than they have for a decade, and there have been next to no debuts. Schuldschein arrangers hope this conservative trend does not continue into 2021.
  • Zambia has requested to defer payments on $3bn of its dollar Eurobonds, in what could be the first default by an African sovereign during the coronavirus crisis. Bondholders said they were resigning themselves to accepting the deferral request.
  • The European IPO market is continuing to churn out deals, but a return of volatility in secondary equity markets is starting to cause discomfort among syndicate bankers, who say they must proceed with caution in the weeks ahead.