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  • The Nordic Investment Bank is planning to issue another blue bond at some point in 2020, following its debut in the format last year.
  • Imperial Tobacco signs new RCF, no plans for drawdown — British Airways stretches dollar revolver maturity — Fiat Chrysler bridge loan in place as HY remains shut — Shell builds cash pile again with $12bn revolver
  • As the coronavirus eats into the global economy, most companies are putting their share buy-back programmes on hold — but there are exceptions. ContourGlobal, which generates power in emerging markets, has launched a new buy-back programme, while Philips is using an unusual derivative technique to adapt its plan to crisis conditions.
  • London-listed UAE payments company Network International has refinanced an existing loan, raising $525m from regional and international lenders.
  • Axa said this week that it would call one of its legacy tier two bonds as it reassured the market on the strength of its balance sheet during the coronavirus crisis. Most other insurance companies are not expected to face similar decisions until much later this year.
  • Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets spied an opportunity to launch a new senior bond on Thursday, with credit markets performing well despite the tougher backdrop in equities this week.
  • Crédit Mutuel Home Loan SFH followed Crédit Agricole SFH and BPCE on Thursday with a third French five year covered bond, which was priced at an identical spread. Even though the three issuers have raised almost €5bn between them, covered bond volumes are down this year and, with spreads at elevated levels, issuers will have more reason than ever to tap the European Central Bank for funding.
  • BlackRock and Neuberger Berman are looking to set up wholly-owned mutual fund businesses in China, which this week loosened ownership restrictions for foreign asset managers.
  • Oil firms burst into the corporate bond market on Thursday with BP, Royal Dutch Shell and OMV opening books on multi-tranche trades, as comments from US president Donald Trump sent oil prices rocketing.
  • Dollar high yield buyers showed up in force for the largest priming debt opportunity provided so far by the coronavirus crisis, Carnival Corporation’s $4bn rescue offering, priced alongside a convertible and an equity capital raising on Wednesday. The package provides funds for the stricken cruise operator until November, but even if the company can’t start sailing again this year or next, investors in the new issue are first in line for the firm’s $38bn of assets.
  • Hong Kong saw a pair of block trades this week as WuXi Biologics Holdings offloaded HK$4.6bn ($599.4m) in WuXi Biologics (Cayman) stock and Viva China sold HK$1.51bn in Li Ning Co shares.
  • New Development Bank, a multilateral development bank established by the five BRICS countries, sold a Rmb5bn ($704m) three year Panda bond on Thursday. All proceeds will be used to fund an emergency loan NDB recently promised to three Chinese provincial governments to help them combat the Covid-19 outbreak. Rebecca Feng reports.