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As a crucial middleman in the oil business, Trafigura has had to cope with concerns about the creditworthiness of some of its counterparts, and unprecedented volatility in the oil price that saw the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) contract turn negative at the end of April. Christophe Salmon, the company’s chief financial officer, explained how the company has coped with the crisis, and how its funding approach, based on deep banking relationships and a secured financing structure, proved resilient to the chaos around it.
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REC became the first Indian issuer in two months to hit the international bond market, raising $500m on Tuesday. While the deal was a success, it also shed some light on the restrictions and challenges being faced by the country’s issuers amid the Covid-19 pandemic. -
Hong Kong property company New World Development Co, which has taken hits to its business due to both the social unrest in the special administrative region and the Covid-19 outbreak, has raised $600m from the bond market with a 20bp new issue premium.
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Grupo Energía de Bogotá (GEB), the Colombian electricity and gas distributor, tightened pricing sharply on a new 10 year deal as bankers reported huge appetite for the pick-ups being offered by the sturdiest investment grade EM companies.
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The Federal Reserve on Tuesday announced new details for its Term Asset Backed Lending Facility (TALF) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and is planning monthly updates for the duration of each program to identify borrowers, amounts borrowed and interest charged for loans backed by eligible ABS assets.
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The market is split on its outlook for subprime auto ABS, but while conservative investors are staying away there is growing optimism among others who believe credit enhancements and prospects for a strong economic recovery make the asset class an attractive buy in the time of coronavirus.
