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Covid-19 has shifted some of the attention away from ESG, but the demand for solar and Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) securitizations is still high, sources say, and the virus may bring opportunities for sustainable asset classes to thrive.

Estonia returned to the capital markets on Wednesday after 18 years away, introducing itself to a new set of investors as an SSA borrower.

CVC Credit Partners and Spire Partners have announced new European CLOs, CVC Cordatus Loan Fund XVII and Aurium CLO VI, as the European market slowly gets back to normal.

Chris Giancarlo was the 13th chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the US’s top derivatives regulator, until last year. Before his five years at the helm of the CFTC he enjoyed a successful career on Wall Street, which included a 13-year stint as executive vice-president of GFI Group. Since leaving the commission he has focused on digital asset technology, in particular the development of a digital dollar. GlobalCapital caught up with Giancarlo to discuss regulation during the coronavirus crisis and the future of cryptocurrencies.

Italy once again asserted its market access on Wednesday, raising a staggering €14bn — its biggest single tranche bond ever. The new issue was timed just ahead of Thursday’s ECB meeting, at which the governing council is expected to expand its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (Pepp).

Four public sector borrowers hit the dollar market on Wednesday, including a rare seven year deal from new issuer International Development Association (IDA).

French food company Danone led the pack in a strong day for vanilla corporate bond issuance in Europe, with an €800m deal, as some syndicate bankers say recent borrowers are looking to return to the market soon to take advantage of tightening spreads.

Europe’s investment grade companies added to the workload of a rejuvenated but busy green bond market on Wednesday with deals from Alliander and Prologis. But debt bankers believe that, after weeks of emergency funding in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the coming weeks should bring the return of more run-of-the-mill trades.

EU lenders will have to give more detail about their use of loan repayment holidays and public guarantee schemes during the coronavirus pandemic, according to new reporting guidelines published by the European Banking Authority (EBA) this week.

Virgin Media, the UK cable company, has announced a new sterling issue from its vendor finance high yield bond programme, following a dollar deal on Monday, as it terms out funding and prepares for its merger with UK mobile company O2.

The coronavirus pandemic has made for a busy time for Europe’s equity capital markets with all manner of emergency capital raises and block sales being done alongside even the odd IPO. Market participants expect the pace of issuance to run on in the weeks ahead after May turned out to be one of the best months of the last few years.

Ina Invest Holding, the real estate development division of Swiss construction company Implenia, has announced a Sfr100m at-market rights offer that will complete the spin-off of the company on the SIX Swiss Exchange.