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The amount of money that governments around the world have pumped into their economies to help businesses and households hit by the coronavirus pandemic has soared by more than $1tr in the last month alone, writes Phil Thornton. -
The capital markets have been working to transition operations to a digital format for years, but bank incumbents have been reluctant to make a wholesale shift, largely because there was no urgent need to do so. Coronavirus has changed that, and banks are accelerating plans to update legacy systems, muscling in on territory once held firmly by fintechs.
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The new UK insolvency law, introduced into the British parliament on Wednesday, will allow unconsenting creditor classes, including secured creditors, to be crammed down during a restructuring. This could mean bondholders and banks, rather than landlords, take more of the pain in the coming wave of corporate distress. Hotel chain Travelodge is likely to be one of the first major companies to use the new rules.
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Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index made a historic change this week, allowing companies with weighted voting rights (WVRs) and secondary-listed shares on to the index.
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After the coronavirus crisis, new patterns of work and travel are expected to change the nature of financial hubs such as London. However, Michael Mainelli, one of the sheriffs of the City of London, says that the UK capital is well placed to remain an attractive location for business.
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Without a vaccine for the coronavirus, it is clear that reopening offices is a serious risk for capital markets businesses. What firms need are strict distancing measures, facial masks and hand sanitiser — but also, crucially, access to frequent testing for the virus and the antibody.But that is a path fraught with difficulty.
