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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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    ECB president Christine Lagarde used the meeting on Thursday to effectively distance herself from financial markets, saying 'we are not here to close spreads'. Despite a number of 'smart ideas', the absence of monetary promises have caused credit and peripheral spreads to widen.
  • EU supervisors plan to ease the regulatory pressures on banks during the Covid-19 pandemic, allowing them to temporarily breach capital and liquidity buffers to carry on lending to the real economy.
  • Global equity capital markets suffered severe hits this week, as governments scrambled to respond to an escalation in the coronavirus pandemic. But amid the mayhem, InnoCare Pharma saw an opportunity to launch its IPO, treating Hong Kong to its largest listing in about two months. Jonathan Breen reports.