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  • Equity collars rarely make a public appearance in Asia’s capital markets. but Citi has shone a light on the product, after using a block trade to hedge its position in a collar it had structured for a high net worth client. Bankers think the deal will drive more demand for the structure. Jonathan Breen reports.
  • Lloyds Development Capital, the private equity arm of Lloyds Bank, has sold a chunk of its stake in Yorkshire-based games developer Team17 after the stock hit an all-time high due to a huge increase in the volume of gamers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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    Volkswagen Financial Services UK closed Private Driver UK 2020-1 on Tuesday, a deal qualifying for the ‘simple, transparent and standardised’ (STS) label and privately placed with investors.
  • China said this week that it will radically overhaul the ChiNext board, approving a registration-based system for equity fundraising on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s start-up focused bourse. This is an important step by the regulator to shift to more market-driven capital markets ─ but plenty of concerns remain. Addison Gong reports.
  • Hong Kong-listed Country Garden Services Holdings made its equity-linked debut this week, tapping investors for HK$3.88bn ($500m) with a sub-one year zero coupon convertible bond.
  • The Republic of Lithuania joined the ranks of top tier emerging markets issuers proving their access to bond markets in the teeth of the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, as it broke its issuance record with a €2bn dual tranche trade.
  • Chinese developer Gemdale has backtracked on plans to cut the coupon on an outstanding renminbi bond by 379bp, after a backlash from investors.
  • A dramatic collapse in the price of oil has forced banks to take a hard look at their lending to companies in the industry. Syndication bankers in Asia told GlobalCapital this week that they plan to reduce their exposure to the sector, and to demand higher returns for the loans that they do accept. Pan Yue reports.
  • Rabobank has become the first Dutch bank to enter the credit markets in over two months, after launching a non-preferred senior bond on Wednesday. The issuer tacked on a call option, which bankers say are cheap to deliver in the market at the moment.
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    Fitch Ratings has lowered Italy’s credit rating one notch to BBB- on Tuesday night, making the move more than two months ahead of its scheduled review in July.
  • Barclays’ revenue from markets in the first quarter was its best ever, the bank said, but another large figure overshadowed this: credit provisions across the group came in at more than double the consensus estimate, on the basis of macroeconomic assumptions seen as conservative and a £300m hit from low oil prices.
  • Barclays saw its common equity tier one capital ratio fall 70bp amid balance sheet growth in the first quarter, but analysts suggest the bank should be able to maintain enough capital to carry on paying additional tier one coupons this year.