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  • The International Finance Corp returned to the Australian dollar bond market to fund its response to the coronavirus pandemic on Monday, while at the end of last week BNG capped the strongest month for SSA Kangaroo deals for over nine months.
  • KfW has made the first adjustment to its 2020 borrowing needs by doubling the size of its US commercial paper programme, with the Gerrman agency set to review its overall funding target at the end of June.
  • KKR, Cinven and Providence Private Equity have launched the first post-Covid take-private LBO attempt, targeting Spanish telecommunications company MasMovil with a €3bn takeover offer at €22.50 a share, giving the company an enterprise value of around €5bn. Barclays, BNP Paribas and Morgan Stanley have underwritten the financing for the buyout.
  • Strong market conditions and tight spreads should encourage a few covered bond issuers to consider returning to the market in June, and though balance sheet optimisation is likely to remain the biggest driver of primary market activity, a surge in covered bond redemptions will play a critical role.
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    The pricing advantage offered to issuers by green bonds over conventional issuance — the ‘greenium’ — has shrunk during the coronavirus pandemic, making them less attractive for borrowers. Investors have instead dived into buying Covid-19 response bonds, meaning there is a decent premium available for issuers that can sell paper with that label.
  • Emerging market corporate downgrades have accelerated since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, which has raised questions about debt refinancing in the asset class.
  • The Financial Conduct Authority expects that a court case determining whether UK insurers have to pay out on business interruption claims as a result of Covid-19 will be settled by the end of July.
  • Deal arrangers said on Monday that banks would not be dissuaded from bringing new bond deals to the market, though spread levels have started showing their first signs of weakness following an extraordinarily strong month in May.
  • UK fashion group Ted Baker is seeking £95m of emergency funding via a firm placing and open offer after making a steep loss in its 2019 financial year.
  • DNB entered 2020 better capitalised than ever, and having taken the opportunity to get ahead with its regulatory funding at the end of last year, it was also better financed than ever. Even so, following the regulator's decision to delay implementation of MREL target by one year, DNB could return to the covered bond market in the latter half of 2020.
  • The supervisory authority for Italian insurance companies (Ivass) has urged Cattolica Assicurazioni to raise €500m of capital before the autumn, having become concerned about a decline in the company's solvency ratios amid Covid-19.
  • This week's funding scorecard looks at the progress supranationals have made in their funding programmes as we reach the end of May and enter June.