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Governments and central banks failed to prevent fear from taking hold of the capital markets this week, as Covid-19 reached pandemic status. European equity indices faced record falls on Thursday, before the Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced a $500bn repo operation to combat "highly unusual disruptions" in the US Treasury market. But it is far from clear if such extraordinary intervention will be enough to stop the panic. -
JP Morgan has appointed James Mazur, a former hedge fund executive, as head of private syndicate in its EMEA equity capital markets private placements business.
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The coronavirus will depress mergers and acquisitions activity, hurt advisory revenues and change the emphasis of deal-making in 2020, writes David Rothnie.
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Liquidity in corporate, financial and emerging market bonds has certainly been affected by the recent stress caused by the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. But there has not been a catastrophic collapse. Participants say markets are still functioning, and some means of trading have benefited.
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The Bank of England’s unscheduled decision to cut rates and encourage banks to lend to the real economy on Wednesday morning was viewed as a powerful step by some in the market, although it is very unlikely to put to bed economic uncertainty over the impact of coronavirus.
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The European Union is set to make at least €25bn of budget funding available for sectors affected by the Covid-19 coronavirus, as its institutions join forces to tackle the economic impact of the outbreak. Rules on state aid and public finance will also be loosened, giving member states more room to launch fiscal stimulus measures.
