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  • Dutch tax authorities will not apply a VAT tax on CLO management fees with retroactive effect and are considering a grace period for CLOs, issuers learned on Tuesday.
  • 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.
  • Months of bidding for UK retail giant Tesco’s Asia business has finally ended, with Charoen Pokphand Group emerging victorious. Three banks have provided financing to the Thai conglomerate to support the purchase.
  • India’s Tata Steel and Birla Carbon have decided not to syndicate their chunky loans, amid reluctance from the bookrunners to sell down their positions in a slowing market for deals.
  • The European Union’s Taxonomy of Sustainable Economic Activities, the latest draft of which was released on Monday, has been hailed by promoters as the opening of a new chapter in responsible investing. But the document is complex and much will depend on how market participants use it.
  • Blackstone’s GSO took advantage of a long bout of volatility caused by the fallout from Covid-19 headlines to price a $500m “print and sprint” CLO at the end of last week, accelerating the formation of the deal and navigating volatility to buy loans cheaply and bundle them into bonds.
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