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◆ Europe's corporate bond market braces for US tech issuance surge ◆ Canada makes move for EU regs equivalence but to what end? ◆ Middle East private placements here to stay... but will take up less room
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September redemption cash and shortage of supply support investor demand
Private placements may have hung around much longer than first expected but their dominance may be at an end

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  • Polish e-commerce firm Allegro has priced its historic IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, the largest in its history, to become the most valuable listed Polish company. However, high demand for stock has meant that a substantial slice of investors in the IPO got no shares at all in allocations.
  • Zambia, which is asking to defer upcoming coupon payments as it seeks to restructure its debt, laid out a time frame for discussions with bondholders this week. But investors were disappointed with the lack of clarity and detail from an investor call with finance minister Bwalya N’gandu this week.
  • Two CEEMEA issuers, Egypt and Hungary's Mol, are in the market this week to raise funding. According to experts, issuers are eager to get their funding in before expected geopolitical and coronavirus-related volatility impacts markets.
  • Frasers Centrepoint Trust, a real estate investment trust (Reit), raised S$575m ($419.1m) on Monday evening from a sale of new units.
  • Sri Lanka is facing serious fiscal pressure, a result of the dire economic impact of the coronavirus. That led to a downgrade from Moody’s this week, which lowered its rating by two notches. All three major rating agencies have now downgraded the country this year.
  • South Korea is in the middle of an equity bubble. Investors are piling in at a rate not seen in the past decade, pushing stock valuations in secondary and primary markets far above realistic levels. Companies should make the most of this opportunity – it won’t last.