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  • Liquidity in corporate, financial and emerging market bonds has certainly been affected by the recent stress caused by the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. But there has not been a catastrophic collapse. Participants say markets are still functioning, and some means of trading have benefited.
  • One of the internal candidates to become the next permanent head of European M&A at RBC Capital Markets has quit to join a boutique.
  • High yield companies facing a debt market crunch could turn to private trade receivables securitization to deliver a lower cost source of funds, with this market likely to see a boost in activity during the second half of the year.
  • Investment banks are said to be freezing hiring plans in capital markets, as the impact of the coronavirus epidemic slashes new issuance volumes and expectations for the year ahead. Some institutions are also said to be using the virus as an excuse to push through planned cuts to banking businesses.
  • Alcentra has provided $530m of senior debt to fund the acquisition of medical device maker Lumenis by Baring Private Equity Asia, in the largest direct lending deal the European private debt specialist has done in its history.
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    The European Commission's Technical Expert Group will be publishing its much-awaited Taxonomy and Green Bond Standard on Monday. GlobalCapital has received leaked copies from a source in Brussels. The GBS endorses a use of proceeds approach and limits the inclusion of operating expenditure. The Taxonomy contains reassurance for companies whose activities are not yet covered by it and sets out human rights standards.