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  • Panama’s second largest bank, Banistmo, is planning a first international bond issue in nearly three years, according to rating agency reports.
  • A group of institutional investors owning Belize’s $526.5m of 2034 bonds said on Thursday that they would support an effort by the government to capitalise the next three coupon payments due on the bond. But some analysts say payment delays are unlikely to cure the country’s debt woes.
  • Ivan Tavrin, the former CEO of Russian telecoms company Megafon, is seeking to raise $250m for a special purpose acquisition company (Spac) which is likely to target a merger with a Russian company.
  • Gulf sovereigns are set to raise record levels of debt this year thanks to the double shock of Covid-19 and an oil price slump, but one name is on investors lips: Kuwait. Instead of relying on shrinking reserves, the sovereign, which has not printed since its international bond debut in 2017, is expected to pass a parliamentary law increasing its debt ceiling, according to experts.
  • Credit analysts hope that European banks will be able to report much stronger capital levels in the second quarter, amid early signs that risk-weighted asset (RWA) volumes could be lower than expected.
  • Singapore’s stock exchange and Nasdaq have extended a partnership for dual listings on the bourses with an agreement to co-operate on regulatory matters.