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Deal rules and slow primary market make ramping up deals difficult
◆ Supranationals and agencies prepare to achieve the previously unthinkable ◆ Leveraged loans versus private credit and their effect on CLOs ◆ A new dawn for dollar covered bonds and UK equity market structure
◆ Schaeffler attracts €5.8bn peak book… ◆ …while SPIE finds €2.8bn of orders ◆ Strong demand allows for strong price moves
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  • ABS
    The ABS secondary market had not seen an increase in purchases from the European Central Bank as of Thursday, when the central bank’s Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme was supposed to officially start buying. ECB head Christine Lagarde invoked the spirit of her predecessor by promising to do 'whatever it takes' to save the euro from the coronavirus pandemic, but the start of the programme has left ABS traders citing miscommunication between the central bank and the securitization market.
  • The Norwegian government’s support package for large companies goes beyond that announced in other jurisdictions, in actively buying bonds from companies deep in sub-investment grade territory, helping the country's vital oil exploration, shipping and oil services firms to access financing.
  • BMW has raised €200m from a single investor in the Schuldschein market, according to several market sources. Arrangers are talking with Schuldschein investors to gauge appetite for German auto manufacturers as the Covid-19 pandemic wreaks havoc on corporate earnings.
  • Italian-American car company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has signed a €3.5bn bridging facility, as the company becomes the latest to secure bank funding while it waits for calmer times in the capital markets.
  • Taiwanese banks have triggered a market disruption clause on a recent loan signed by Indonesian company BFI Finance. The move, which allows lenders to increase the margins they earn on deals, is being considered for numerous other transactions too, GlobalCapital Asia understands.
  • Property developer Soho China is in talks with banks for a bridge loan to support its potential take-private deal by private equity firm Blackstone, according to sources close to the situation.
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