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The Federal Reserve’s decision to start purchases of high yield exchange traded funds and ‘fallen angel’ cash bonds has boosted the tone in European high yield, with syndicate bankers flagging an open market for the right names and sectors. But issuers remain on the sidelines, and dual-currency companies may opt to tap the dollar market instead. -
For many years, corporate debt investors have scratched their heads and wondered: will anything, ever, cause the returns on bonds to go back to normal again?
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Centerview Partners has appointed ex-Lazard rainmaker Matthieu Pigasse as head of its new French operation, as the boutique advisory firm expands in continental Europe with a 15-strong team.
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Dr Peng Telecom & Media Group Co, a Chinese company with an international bond that falls due in two months, has told domestic investors it might not be able to redeem a Rmb1bn ($141.7m) onshore bond, after investors decided to put the deal.
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Several of Europe's biggest corporate bond issuers have yet to fund in the market this year, despite the flood of deals as companies hoover up cash to see them through the coronavirus crisis. Vodafone, Electricité de France, Enel and Bayer are among firms yet to issue. However, more of the gaps are being filled up every day.
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Companies in sectors that lack government support packages are having to weigh moving quickly to secure costly private-sector rescue capital against waiting and hoping governments extend existing bailout or liquidity schemes to them. The cost of Carnival Corp’s $6.25bn package last week showed how expensive private sector cash can be, but many sectors’ prospects of receiving public money are better than the Panama-domiciled cruise company.
