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Calendar quirk could keep issuance going in December
◆ Praemia refis at a tighter coupon ◆ Schneider lands tight at the short end ◆ Minimal concessions needed
French biotech seeks to accelerate cancer vaccine program
◆ Single digit premiums offered ◆ Reverse Yankees dominating euro supply ◆ Floaters proving popular with multi-tranche issuers
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  • The record-breaking pace of US corporate bond issuance shows no sign of abating as more than 20 issuers from across the ratings spectrum dashed out of earnings to issue this week, amid red-hot funding conditions.
  • Germany's Federal Constitutional Court (BVG) fired a warning shot at the European Central Bank this week. The court’s threat to stop the Bundesbank from taking part in official asset purchasing could have serious consequences for ECB monetary policy and, by extension, bond markets, just when the markets seem to be relying on the central bank more than ever, write Jasper Cox and Lewis McLellan.
  • A conduit CMBS deal from Goldman Sachs in the market this week is drawing strong demand from investors eager to buy the first new commercial mortgage bonds in nearly two months, while Morgan Stanley is looking to draw buyers for a Los Angeles office CMBS with some unique protections.
  • European lenders are debating whether it is worth them taking advantage of new IFRS 9 transitional rules, with some market participants suggesting they will largely ignore any capital benefit gained through these sorts of relief measures.
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    Fitch Ratings announced actions on two GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) serviced aircraft deals due to ongoing deterioration of lessees. Investors say the role of the servicer is of heightened importance in the time of Covid-19, as deteriorating economic conditions warrant for a more proactive management of aircraft portfolios.
  • As Western societies begin to contemplate life returning to some semblance of normality, the financial industry is working out how best to balance the understandable desire to get back to how things were before the crisis with the very real threat of a new and more deadly wave of coronavirus brought on by a mass-return to offices. GlobalCapital’s Silas Brown spoke with Peter Openshaw, a specialist in immunology and virology and professor of experimental medicine at Imperial College, about the transmission of Covid-19 and how banks, investors and companies can reduce the risk of infection.