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Heathrow lands in Swiss francs, Austria extends green curve

International borrowers dominate this week's flow in the currency
Gulf AT1 deluge will be a challenge, with or without drone strikes

Easing won't be easy for new Fed boss

Lower rates will need lower inflation — and an FOMC consensus

CLOs prop up loan prices, betting on short Iran war

Leveraged loan prices have rallied from their post-war dip, with CLO demand remaining strong despite subdued LBO activity
Gulf AT1 deluge will be a challenge, with or without drone strikes
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    The European Central Bank announced on Wednesday night that it would be removing the self-imposed limits on its holdings of sovereign debt for its €750bn pandemic emergency purchase programme. The news drove an impressive reduction in the spread to Bunds on government bonds from the eurozone periphery.
  • Spain led the way back into primary bond markets in no uncertain terms this week, raising a staggering €10bn of seven year cash and demonstrating that, in spite of the worst bear market in history, investors are still happy to buy at the right price. Pablo de Ramón-Laca Clausen, director-general of the Spanish treasury, talked to GlobalCapital about the experience.
  • New issue concessions have tumbled in the high grade corporate bond market today. French industrial gases company Air Liquide has rewritten this week's rules by pricing a bond through its own curve on Thursday.