Europe

The Treasury announced on Tuesday an extension to the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS). From May 26 certain businesses can apply for loans up to £200m under CLBILS but there are restrictions on dividend payouts and management pay rises.

Eurofins Scientific, the French-listed bio-analytical testing company, completed a €535m capital raise on Monday night, to fund investments and capital needs for more Covid-19 testing.

JAB Holdings, the holding company of the Reimann family in Germany, will the first major test of investor sentiment towards IPOs in Europe during the pandemic, having announced its intention to float JDE Peet, its coffee business, on Tuesday morning.

Unédic, the French unemployment insurance agency, is facing an unprecedented strain on its services thanks to the coronavirus pandemic and its funding need has more than tripled as a result. CFO Jun Dumolard told GlobalCapital how the institution has been managing.

The Autorité de Marchés Financieres (AMF) has decided not to lengthen a ban on short selling, but some market participants who opposed the action see it returning when extreme volatility next strikes the markets.

Unlike many other banks, ANZ has had no need to draw on central bank emergency liquidity lines during the coronavirus pandemic. Its risk-weighted assets have grown but this has been offset by greater retail deposits. And, as head of funding Mostyn Kau revealed, what subordinated debt issuance it does have to do will be for regulatory reasons rather than to do with Covid-19 crisis funding.

Belgium is set to issue its first dollar bond since 2017 as euro funders continue to take advantage of the attractive funding conditions in the currency, with three other public sector borrowers also in the market for dollars.

French retailer Auchan has launched a Schuldschein, the first non-German corporate to enter the market since coronavirus hit European capital markets.

The Kingdom of Norway is set to sell its first ever syndicated tap. The sovereign hit screens on Monday with initial price thoughts for the reopening of a 10 year Norwegian krone bond.

JP Morgan, the leading SSA bookrunner over the last five years, is clinging onto pole position for 2020, despite a mighty effort from Citi, which has topped the rankings since the Covid-19 pandemic began disrupting markets in earnest. But it is a far different picture in SSA MTNs with Scandinavians surging to the top, thanks to a growth in niche currency supply.

JP Morgan announced a new set of leaders for its underwriting, coverage and M&A business on Monday, following a series of promotions in February.

Achmea was marketing a senior bond on Monday to refinance an outstanding bond maturing in November. The Dutch insurer started with a 'juicy spread', according to some market participants, and gave away a new issue premium of 5bp-10bp to investors.