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Having issued the first sustainability-linked bond in September 2019, Enel, the Italian power and gas company, has gone further, by setting up a commercial paper programme that will fall away if it fails to hit a sustainability target. -
New research from analysts at Helaba points to a flight to safety in the Schuldschein market over the course of 2020. Rated issuers are making up a bigger share of deals than they have for a decade, and there have been next to no debuts. Schuldschein arrangers hope this conservative trend does not continue into 2021.
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Informa, the UK publishing and events business, has said it is considering paying back its private debt placements and issuing bonds instead. Companies tend to avoid early repayment in the PP market because of the cost of makewhole payments, but several market sources said Informa was trying to extricate itself from financial covenants.
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Barings is partnering up with Mubadala, the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, to provide $3.5bn of direct lending to mid-market companies in Europe.
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German hospital operator Asklepios Kliniken launched a Schuldschein on Monday with an initial target of €200m. Investors have doubled down on their interest in pharmaceutical firms this year and throughout the pandemic, prompting a substantial increase in the market’s exposure to the sector.
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Global investment firm Pimco has hired a new portfolio manager and managing director, who will serve as head of private credit in Europe. With this hire, Pimco is looking to bolster its special situations business in Europe.
