Treasury director Rodrigo Robledo says investor relations work has paid off

◆ Two steps to terms debated ◆ Priced flat to fair value or even with negative concession ◆ Investors split on long-dated holdco supply

◆ Norwegian bank increases size ◆ Issuer meets spread objective ◆ Banker said he drew confidence from secondaries

◆ Issuers opt for extra guidance as market softens ◆ Enexis takes size at six years ◆ DSM-Firmenich lands tight

◆ Madrid plans 10 year deal ◆ Bpifrance set to launch EuGB ◆ MuniFin 'rare and well regarded'

This week's flurry of deals takes year to date volume beyond £8bn

Shipbuilder's shares fall 10% after capital raise

◆ Energy pair bring three tranches ◆ Sub-100bp senior/hybrid spreads secured ◆ Single digit concessions offered

Founder of climate investing think tank wants to apply ideas as bond investor

When loans' LTVs hit 80%, Bitcoin stakes are liquidated in seconds

London continues to benefit from metal price volatility

Latest issue rides on coattails of big tech investment spree

Ivory Coast squeezed tight, taking $1.3bn in an 'aggressive' execution

Blackstone is targeting a quicker than usual three day execution

The country is one of the highest regarded sovereign issuers on the continent

The government has been much more proactive in its debt management since a scare in 2024

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

Benin showed Islamic issuance is a viable market for sub-Saharan African sovereigns

When the stakes are high, a small change in odds merits a big reaction

No one wins playing the blame game

Craig Coben examines whether it is true that no good deed goes unpunished

Banks have been pushed to the frontline of the Covid-19 crisis in 2020, as countries around the world have locked down their economies to stem the spread of the virus.

Generals, and financial regulators, are always fighting the last war. So it proved when the coronavirus slammed into international markets in mid-March. Many of the tools developed in the 2008 financial crisis were deployed to great effect by central banks. The corners of the financial markets that propagated weakness in 2008 passed the test of 2020. But new risks were thrown up, forcing a new round of improvisation. What lessons will be drawn from the Covid-19 crisis?

Policymakers have responded with impressive speed and purpose to ensure that a global health crisis does not turn into a global financial crisis. But what happens now that their cards have been played, and is there a plan for what to do once the great lockdown is lifted?