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Transition finance in transition — companies face investors in flux

Demand to invest in the low carbon transition is growing fast, but strategies are very diverse
Issuance net of buy-backs is not that high, and there is no sign of any indigestion

Caffil lands social covered bond as market ‘comes off the boil’

◆ Order book smaller than issuer’s last covered in January ◆ Banker said covered bond market has reached plateau ◆

AI impact fear rocks IPO hopefuls

Questions hang over the future of software as a service firms
Issuance net of buy-backs is not that high, and there is no sign of any indigestion
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  • The Shanghai Stock Exchange scrapped a record 26 corporate ABS deal applications this week. They included Rmb18bn ($2.82bn) of deals from Ant Group’s two consumer lending units — seven months after the company’s landmark IPO was suspended. Addison Gong reports.
  • The Shanghai Stock Exchange on Tuesday cancelled applications for 26 corporate ABS deals, including two planned transactions from Ant Group’s consumer lending units.
  • Chile, Peru and Colombia — previously hailed by EM investors for orthodox economic policymaking — are under pressure amid social unrest and political polarisation. But as the upheaval whirls around them, their credit in the bank with bondholders, after years of impressive debt management, is a major asset.