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Virgin Media is in the market with its third high yield deal in a week, which will clear the way for its merger with O2 by redeeming existing bonds with obstructive covenants in place preventing the telecoms group from reorganising its capital structure. That means a big payday for bondholders in the notes due 2022, who will be paid the make-whole premium for early redemption. -
GlobalCapital spoke to veteran portfolio manager Daniela Mardarovici, who co-heads the multisector and core plus fixed income business at $234bn asset manager Macquarie Investment Management, about the US Federal Reserve's rescue packages, the magic of Boeing's market access, and where to find the bargains in energy, emerging markets and healthcare.
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The Bank of England is mulling ways to support businesses left out of Covid-19 support schemes, with a focus on sub-investment grade corporates and encouraging lending into the real economy. A securitization structure is being comtemplated via the setting up of an intermediary bank.
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One of Europe’s leading bond syndicate bankers has decided to leave Citigroup, and probably the capital markets.
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As a crucial middleman in the oil business, Trafigura has had to cope with concerns about the creditworthiness of some of its counterparts, and unprecedented volatility in the oil price that saw the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) contract turn negative at the end of April. Christophe Salmon, the company’s chief financial officer, explained how the company has coped with the crisis, and how its funding approach, based on deep banking relationships and a secured financing structure, proved resilient to the chaos around it.
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The coronavirus crisis has severely disrupted the move away from Libor to the new recommended risk-free rates. But market participants will have to press on to meet the original deadline, with no extension on the horizon, according to a senior capital markets lawyer.
