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Bitcoin ABS edges forward as price plunge turns collateral to cash

When loans' LTVs hit 80%, Bitcoin stakes are liquidated in seconds
London continues to benefit from metal price volatility

Congo picked the best of an unappealing bunch of options

The yield was ultra high but Congo had little room to manoeuvre

Yondr takes the stage, as Europe’s data centre ABS market comes of age

US market remains the model as template issuance takes shape
London continues to benefit from metal price volatility
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  • Ghana has secured two loan agreements, which are backed by the export credit agency of Italy, Sace. There is more room for the ECA-backed market to grow in the region, sources close to the deal said.
  • Fastned, the Dutch operator of charging stations for electric cars, has raised €150m to finance an expansion of its network across Europe, at the end of a wild week for tech and green energy stocks.
  • Chinese company Gangfeng Lithium Co is gearing up to tap equity investors for as much as HK$4.9bn ($632m) from a private placement of its Hong Kong-listed shares, as it looks to raise money to expand some of its projects and investments.
  • ABS
    Nuveen is breaking into the property assessed clean energy (PACE) market through its acquisition of Greenworks Lending. According to Nuveen, this is the outcome of a long-term relationship it has forged with Greenworks since 2017, when the lender issued the first ever C-PACE securitization with Nuveen as the lead investor.
  • UK Labour Party leader Keir Starmer has proposed a “British Recovery Bond” — a retail government issue that would be used to finance SME lending to help kick-start the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. It can be tempting to dismiss such measures as political posturing, but there are some genuine advantages to the proposal, and it deserves its day.
  • This week in Keeping Tabs: how to transition the US economy off fossil fuels.