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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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  • New deals are flooding into the European securitization market, especially the UK, in the last week of January, after two RMBS issues attracted unprecedented demand. Issuers are betting investors remain hungry for securitized products, despite national lockdowns.
  • Direct lenders and debt funds have always pitched themselves as being more suitable partners for businesses than banks, bondholders, or other institutional lenders. When the going gets tough, they can be quicker to waive covenants and offer new money than a less concentrated creditor group. But this also puts them in pole position to take the keys from a business should things go wrong — which we may see happen this year.
  • JD Sports, the UK sporting equipment retailer, is looking at the possibility of raising equity capital to help it through the next few months of Covid-19 lockdowns and to take advantage of investment opportunities in the future.