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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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  • European triple-A rated CLO spreads have blown out further and faster than other securitized products, and further than may be justified by the collapse in leveraged loan prices. That may mean more of these bonds have found their way to leveraged investors than market studies assumed.
  • Rating agencies are starting to feed through the impact of coronavirus into their ratings, starting a wave of downgrades which could push several large issuers out of investment grade territory, where they are eligible for central bank backing, into high yield, where no such support exists.
  • Unusual or less traditional ways of trading bonds — via electronic platforms and exchange-traded funds — look set to come out well from the recent market turmoil.
  • Some of the most commonly used syndicated loan documents will fall under the remit of the Loan Market Association's new automation platform, which is expected to be launched before the end of the year.
  • Charoen Pokphand Group has invited banks to join a $7.5bn dual-currency loan in senior syndication. The deal will support the Thai conglomerate’s acquisition of Tesco’s Asia business.
  • Chinese local government financing vehicle Chenzhou Industry Investment Group sold a euro-denominated bond on Thursday, rounding out a week of club-like deals in Asia.
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