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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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  • UK universities face financial peril. Having been shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic, some risk going bust, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). Meanwhile, as accommodation operators grant refunds to students who are locked out and locked down, CMBS deals backed by student accommodation may survive, if sufficient numbers return to residences when the next academic year begins. Silas Brown and Tom Brown report.
  • UK chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak announced a stimulus package totalling up to £30bn on Wednesday, driving a wedge between some bankers and investors about how big an impact the measures will have on the capital markets.
  • Hansa Biopharma, the Swedish pharmaceuticals company, raised Skr1.1bn ($121m) through a sale of new shares on Wednesday evening to fund the launch of a new drug for patients undergoing kidney transplants.