French agency remains ahead of the curve in its third biggest year for fundraising, may bring another trade before summer

◆ Intraday trade, quick execution ◆ Deal came ahead of Moody’s France review ◆ ‘Good window’ also considering OAT auctions next week

Korea Land and AIIB pick off small Swissie trades

Green securitizations have been prominent in CMBS this year

◆ Issuer attracted order book of €1bn ◆ Bid-to-cover ratio was consistent with recent precedents◆ Fair value not easy to establish

◆ New issue premium debated ◆ Rival bankers praise outcome ◆ Secondary performance mulled

Fund modelled on Romania’s Fondul has $2.4bn of assets

State of New Hampshire's innovative bond gets Ba2 rating

Shares in company, which manufactures underwater mine disposal drones, have risen by close to 50% this year

Renewables can make Europe’s capital markets less vulnerable to energy price shocks

High demand from institutional and retail investors for maker of Patriot missile components

Book to open on Monday, close on Thursday in latest express IPO

Nigeria plans a total return swap, following peers on the continent in the last 12 months

The DRC has a poor governance record but that doesn't mean things will end in tears for its investors

Demand allowed the bank to cut the yield by 35bp

The country offers huge potential and possible pitfalls for investors

A piece of very rare African senior bank issuance could also come this week

Central banks in the region have stepped in with support and lenders are thought unlikely to let sub debt extend

Even if ceasefire succeeds, investors will still want a risk premium

Country's sovereign bonds will react well to an opposition victory, but an Orban win will prompt a sell-off

Bank’s relationship with SpringCash is ‘commercial’

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?

Sovereigns are making the most of a bounce in demand for CEEMEA bonds after the coronavirus pandemic and oil shock sent markets into a tailspin earlier this year. They have extra spending to fund, but with QE on the rise investors have cash to place. But other pandemic policies have left parts of CEEMEA capital markets moribund.