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  • Issuers and investors in the Swiss franc market are grappling with much wider spreads on domestic and foreign issuers because of the volatility around the coronavirus pandemic.
  • SSA
    The SSA primary bond market has had a fantastic week — something that seemed unlikely during the brutal ructions of last week. But concerted actions by central banks and governments caused a sharp rally this week and, with deals from the European Investment Bank and KfW to set the tone in euros, issuers got to work.
  • SSA
    Public sector borrowers returned en masse to the primary bond market this week, with many selling new issues with an explicit focus on providing emergency financing in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
  • US companies have smashed the all time record for bond issuance this month, as they plundered the dollar market in a headlong dash for liquidity that continued on Thursday, even though a darker record was broken: 3.3m new unemployment claims, more than four times the previous highest.
  • Dear reader, These are extraordinary times for global capital markets as the world reels from the spread of Covid-19.
  • As the dust settles on a thunderous week in the European corporate bond market that saw enormous order books and fat new premiums squeezed to nothing in one case, investors and bankers united in joy that the market was not just open again, but bursting with vigour. Central banks and governments had saved the day, they argued. Only a few are worrying about another lurch downwards, though this is more than likely.
  • Merlin Entertainments, one of last year’s biggest take-privates, has some investors worried about whether it will seek new financing to get it through the coronavirus lockdowns that have shuttered the theme park business’s main sites. Any new financing could weaken the security package for existing lenders and bondholders — though liquidity to get through the lockdowns is essential, writes Owen Sanderson.
  • SSA
    The SSA market appears to be well and truly up and running, with four SSA borrowers hitting screens for new bonds in euros on Thursday, pulling in an impressive €11.5bn with deals from three to 30 years
  • Zur Rose, a Swiss online pharmacy group, revived the primary equity-linked bond market in Europe this week, issuing a debut Sfr175m five year convertible bond as demand for its services increases amid the Covid-19 crisis.
  • Pockets of stability in the Swedish market drove demand across the curve this week, allowing investors the chance to pick up a handful of well-known SSA names at highly attractive levels.
  • SSA
    The European Central Bank announced on Wednesday night that it would be removing the self-imposed limits on its holdings of sovereign debt for its €750bn pandemic emergency purchase programme. The news drove an impressive reduction in the spread to Bunds on government bonds from the eurozone periphery.