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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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  • Several industries once popular with direct lenders have struggled to cope through the coronavirus. Now, direct lenders say they have toughened terms for borrowers from these sectors.
  • JD Wetherspoon, the UK pub chain, tapped equity investors for £93.7m ($128m) on Tuesday to help see it through the country’s third Covid-19 lockdown. The company is likely to be the first of a number of issuers that seek to raise primary equity capital in the next few months in order to manage the disruption, according to senior equity market sources.
  • Biogroup LCD is planning to refinance its full capital structure and tap the bond market for the first time after a string of recent debt-funded acquisitions. The French lab testing company was a notable casualty of the first wave of Covid-induced market chaos, forced to postpone its plans for a loan in March and then having to pay up when it returned for the financing in June.