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It’s amazing how quickly the conversation around Avis has changed over the last few months. In April, investors worried that Avis would follow Hertz, its car rental rival, into bankruptcy by the end of 2020. But Avis’s performance in the second quarter and its recent success in the ABS market suggest it is in a much better position than its competitors to weather the recession. -
NatWest Markets has restructured its divisions and given them new leadership. It is also moving some UK corporate-focused bankers over to the ring-fenced bank.
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Many saw the US Federal Reserve’s decision to lend hundreds of billions of dollars to certain central banks at the height of the coronavirus crisis as pivotal in preventing further calamity in global markets. Brad Setser, senior fellow for international economics at the Council of Foreign Relations, gives a great deal of credit to the Fed for its forceful intervention. But if markets begin to see the US central bank as a global lender of last resort, there may be a greater risk of imprudent behaviour and more political tumult in the US.
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Rothesay Asset Management North America promoted Robert Allard to a newly created role of chief investment officer and added Daniel Parisi as mortgage analyst in a move to ramp up its US structured finance team.
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Pizza Express’s plans to restructure its debt, shut restaurants and sell its UK business have hammered home the latest nail in the coffin of the UK casual dining sector. As appetite for eating out dwindles following lockdown, coupled with a heavy oversupply of mid-market restaurant chains, the coronavirus pandemic has hastened the decline of a sector which has dominated UK dining over the past few decades.
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Momentum is growing for the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic to have a strong green thrust, as the UK’s mini-Budget and comments by European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde made clear this week. Capital market participants are enthusiastic about the prospect and expect it to further green the markets — but how far the drive goes will ultimately depend on politics, write Mike Turner, Jon Hay and Jasper Cox.
