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Moody's uses market value CLO framework for its first Bitcoin bond rating

State of New Hampshire's innovative bond gets Ba2 rating
◆ Dutch issuer brings new euro benchmark at last, with social label ◆ Most recent euro line opened over 10 months ago ◆ Peers' bonds helpful to pricing given BNG's absence

NIB names Hellerup new treasurer

Head of funding for 16 years steps up at Nordic supra

Gulf banks face higher capital costs as war bites economies

Central banks in the region have stepped in with support and lenders are thought unlikely to let sub debt extend
◆ Dutch issuer brings new euro benchmark at last, with social label ◆ Most recent euro line opened over 10 months ago ◆ Peers' bonds helpful to pricing given BNG's absence
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    Structured transactions that transfer risk from banks’ balance sheets are set to grow in emerging markets as their financial systems become more sophisticated and lenders try to deal with losses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Multilateral development banks are playing a central role — they aim to stimulate private sector interest, even if sometimes investors resent their involvement. Jon Hay reports.
  • Taylor Maritime Investments, a new London investment trust, has launched an IPO on the London Stock Exchange with the aim of offering investors a chance to invest in the recovery of the global shipping industry after the Covid-19 pandemic.
  • Ecoener, the Spanish renewable energy company, reduced its IPO on the Spanish stock exchange to €100m on Wednesday, as it became the latest deal to face difficulty in the European IPO market.
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    Crédit Agricole has struck a new synthetic risk transfer deal with the International Finance Corporation, in which it will shed about 90% of the risk on $4bn of emerging market trade finance loans. The IFC expects to use securitization more to help banks in developing countries cope with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
  • Chinese bike-sharing company Hello has set in motion a Nasdaq listing, aiming to raise at least $100m.
  • Neoen, the French renewable energy company, completed a €600m rights issue at the start of April to help fund it until 2025. Its CFO, Louis-Mathieu Perrin, spoke to GlobalCapital about the deal and explained how green equity stories can still win investors’ attention, despite a recent cooling off in stock valuations.