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Telecom Argentina is adding a sale of new bonds to an exchange offer in what would be the first Argentine new issue in international bond markets in over a year.

KKR has raised a $950m fund that will invest in the lowest-rated portions of newly issued CMBS conduit transactions.

Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) provider Ygrene is preparing a 144A securitization, the first deal this year to include a mix of commercial and residential PACE liens. Though originations have slowed, sources say Covid-19 has boosted demand for residential energy efficiency as people spend more time at home.

The euro SSA market has grown used to investors flush with cash, itching to buy anything that comes on screens with a good enough rating. But with the EU preparing to issue more than €850bn over the next few years, the balance will shift against issuers, and they must be prepared.

Several companies boasting Big Four accounting firms as auditors have emerged as fraudulent, leading many to wonder what value auditors bring to an investors' understanding of a company. The big issue is that auditors have little obligation to detect fraud at companies they audit, and neither it seems does anyone else. Until they do, investors need to stop believing a Big Four sign-off is a seal of approval. In fact, for a system supposedly built with its own reputation in mind, developed markets have offered investors very little protection.

Bank of America is offering a full capital stack CMBS deal backed by logistics properties, the first such transaction to come to market in Europe since the height of the pandemic in April.

The syndicated loan market is facing a schism in the way it deals with the transition away from Libor — and unless the famously ponderous market starts to co-ordinate fast, fissures will keep appearing as different regions stick by their favoured replacement benchmark rates.

Moody’s has proposed changes to its covered bond rating methodology, with an update to the framework for valuing commercial real estate (CRE) properties, and on Tuesday it published a request for comment. A small number of programmes are likely to be downgraded by one notch as a result of the proposals.

World Bank scored an impressive result with the first dollar benchmark of its new fiscal year as it priced at the joint-tightest level versus mid-swaps for a five year deal in the currency since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

Azzurra Aeroporti, an acquisition vehicle that bought a majority stake in a French airport, made its debut in the bond markets on Tuesday, achieving decent demand despite some dire warnings emerging about the medium term future of industries linked to air travel.

Investors have got a fever, and the only cure is more pharma. Biotech equity issuance is surging, in line with rising stock prices in the secondary market, as stock pickers pan for the company that will cure Covid-19, among other maladies. But this is more speculating than investing and many are going to catch a cold chasing around a risky sector that is starting to look a lot like the dot-com bubble.

While bankers in the Northern hemisphere plan well-deserved summer breaks, the Australian and New Zealand dollar markets are set to remain open for business, with some competitive pricing on offer.