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With leveraged companies largely shut out of central bank bond buying and price support schemes, sponsors are mulling government-backed lending schemes in several European countries, as they seek to show other creditors that they have abundant access to liquidity. But the schemes often come with strings attached, which could do nearly as much damage to a sponsor's investment thesis as a restructuring. -
Eni, the oil and gas company, became the first Italian corporate to open books on a syndicated bond since the coronavirus pandemic sent markets went haywire in March, as syndicate bankers say issuance levels will ramp up sharply in the coming days.
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Hong Kong’s citizens are slowly returning to the office as the special administrative region loosens its Covid-19 linked restrictions. But as the world continues to battle the pandemic, bond syndicate teams are continuing to take a flexible approach to work, with some predicting a longer-term future of remote roadshows and hot-desking at banks.
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) looks likely to provide Peru with a flexible credit line of around $11bn as the South American country works to preserve it liquidity position.
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Grupo Energía Bogotá (GEB), the electricity and gas distributor majority-owned by the District of Bogotá, Colombia, is looking to hit bond markets to raise around $400m as government-linked issuers dominate the Latin America primary markets.
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Colombian airline Avianca filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York on Sunday, the same day that $66m of senior unsecured bonds matured and just five months after wrapping a distressed debt exchange that some thought had brought the airline back from the brink.
