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Energy companies took advantage of record tight spreads as they joined a ‘perfect storm’ of dollar funding
Rates and credit under pressure as battle to be UK prime minister looks set to heat up
Amazon’s Swiss debut and Alphabet’s first yen deal jolted debt markets this week
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Three unprecedented events this week — a landmark court ruling against Shell and shareholder revolts at Chevron and ExxonMobil — signalled that investors and society at large have rejected the oil industry’s early attempts at joining the low carbon transition and are looking for much more radical action. Oil majors retain good access to capital markets, but the clock is ticking. Jon Hay reports.
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Europe’s high grade corporate market this week saw one of its busiest days of the year, with a touch over €4.5bn printed from eight tranches on Wednesday, and investors lapped up most of the deals with ease.
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University College London has issued the first public ESG-labelled bond from the UK’s higher education sector, which it priced flat to fair value. But bankers say that while the demand is there, a lack of supply means deals like this are going to be a rarity.
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Inside the office of Spondoolicks Emerging Market Bond Fund, May 24.
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Direct lenders are brandishing low levels of default rates through the coronavirus pandemic as proof of the resilience of the asset class, and are using this track record to attract more investors. But not all funds are equal, and now potential LPs can scrutinise the performance of funds through a full credit cycle and allocate accordingly.
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University College London has issued the first public ESG-labelled bond from the UK’s higher education sector, which it priced flat to fair value.
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