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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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Deutsche Lufthansa deferred the coupon on its hybrid debt, surprising the market and sending the bonds spiralling down almost nine points. The company said the decision came as the coupon payment would have violated state aid rules in relation to Lufthansa’s bail-out from the German government.
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Singapore has set up a new task force to give a fresh push to its green financing ambitions, rolling out initiatives and putting more focus on climate-related disclosures from financial institutions. Morgan Davis reports.
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Foreign ownership of Chinese domestic bonds has hit an all-time high of over Rmb3.6tr ($562bn) — an impressive number but one that warrants a much closer look.
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Europe’s corporate bond buyers shied away from riskier deals on Wednesday as equity markets plunged, leaving a junk rated hybrid from SES to limp over the line while other credits fared better.
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French technology manufacturer Mersen has sold US private placements, according to market sources. Investors are expecting more European corporates to tap the market in the coming months.
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Shares in Coinbase plunged more than 10% at the open on Wednesday after the US cryptocurrency exchange operator sold $1.25bn of convertible bonds and suffered a serious outage of its platform that stopped many users from trading.
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