◆ Sentiment improves after ceasefire extended ◆ Handelsbanken nears record tights ◆ Jyske Bank attracts €3.3bn of orders

Japan’s sovereign, supranational and agency (SSA) borrowers continue to be among the most highly regarded issuers in global debt markets, supported by strong credit fundamentals and deep domestic demand. But with a complex geopolitical background, diverging global monetary policies, the Bank of Japan’s policy signals, and recent elections in the country, issuers are operating in an unpredictable environment.

◆ Rival banker had expected attrition but order book grew ◆ Sustainability bond CDC's first euro benchmark of year ◆ New issue premium estimated

Bank completes more than half its annual funding before first quarter blackout

◆ German grid funds capex drive with dual tranche hybrid ◆ Demand holds firm despite aggressive tightening ◆ Deals land close to fair value

At London investor day, supranational reveals deals and plans for new funding and investments, including fully African project financing

Public pension schemes have sold shares in coal, oil and gas companies but are still funding expansion of the gas industry through infrastructure funds

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

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

In an age of abundant information and opinion, where much of it is wrong, smart investment bankers can still be valuable to clients by embracing the complexity

Bot claims funding is ‘cheaper than peers who borrow from independent banks or credit funds’

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

European lenders are debating whether it is worth them taking advantage of new IFRS 9 transitional rules, with some market participants suggesting they will largely ignore any capital benefit gained through these sorts of relief measures.

Fitch Ratings announced actions on two GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) serviced aircraft deals due to ongoing deterioration of lessees. Investors say the role of the servicer is of heightened importance in the time of Covid-19, as deteriorating economic conditions warrant for a more proactive management of aircraft portfolios.

As Western societies begin to contemplate life returning to some semblance of normality, the financial industry is working out how best to balance the understandable desire to get back to how things were before the crisis with the very real threat of a new and more deadly wave of coronavirus brought on by a mass-return to offices. GlobalCapital’s Silas Brown spoke with Peter Openshaw, a specialist in immunology and virology and professor of experimental medicine at Imperial College, about the transmission of Covid-19 and how banks, investors and companies can reduce the risk of infection.