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The shock resignation of the governor of Ukraine’s central bank on Wednesday night led the sovereign to pull its much-anticipated Eurobond, which had priced just moments before. As investors grow more unsettled, experts fear for the sovereign’s access to institutional funding and capital markets, writes Mariam Meskin. -
AMS had to discount its bond by an extra point and pay a higher coupon in the face of lower demand as it looked to fund the takeover of light maker Osram, after news broke last Thursday of a potential investigation into the company’s executives. That forced bookrunners to reopen the deal and take another swing at the market this week.
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In the latest sign that the UK’s capital markets will diverge from the EU’s next year, the head of the European Commission’s task force for relations with the UK, Michel Barnier, called the UK’s demands regarding financial services as “unacceptable”.
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ThyssenKrupp Elevator (TKE) is a deal of superlatives: the largest European high yield debut, the largest European LBO in over a decade, the last LBO before coronavirus, the most levered debut industrial, and the worst-ever covenant package — or at least, it was at first. Three days after launching the bond leg of the deal, the sponsors and leads capitulated, erasing almost every controversial term in the docs — perhaps the largest ever retreat and the biggest investor victory in the long-running war over bond covenants. But it’s too soon for investors to celebrate, as the episode only highlights how damaging this conflict has become.
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Lead banks on ThyssenKrupp Elevator’s landmark financing announced a sweeping set of amendments to a covenant package initially described as the "worst ever" seen in European high yield, rowing back in almost every sponsor-friendly area. The move is a major victory for bondholders that hoped the coronavirus crisis would reset the balance of power themselves and sponsors.
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In this round-up, China proposes harsher punishments for financial crimes under the criminal law, the securities regulator is reportedly mulling over giving securities licences to commercial lenders, and monthly industrial profits grow for the first time this year.
