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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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  • Sri Trang Gloves priced its Bt15bn ($481.4m) Thai IPO at the top of the range this week, taking advantage of coronavirus-driven demand, strong international interest and a liquid domestic equity capital market. Jonathan Breen reports.
  • The second slice of the ThyssenKrupp Elevator financing hit the market on Wednesday, with €4bn of bonds announced across secured and unsecured tranches in dollars and euros, joining the €3bn of loans earlier this week as part of the package to fund Europe’s largest LBO in a decade.
  • Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceutical Group launched its Hong Kong IPO this week, targeting proceeds of HK$4.53bn ($585m).