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  • Hiscox, the London-listed insurance and reinsurance company, has raised £375m through a sale of 57.6m new shares. Sources said that a strong showing by the management team persuaded them to back the share offering during challenging times for the company as it faces the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
  • Nokia has launched a €1bn dual-tranche issue and a tender offer for a bond maturing next year, sucking up a higher funding cost to push out its term structure. Leads started wide but cranked the bonds in, with a 60bp move from initial price thoughts (IPTs) on the back of nearly €6bn of demand. Despite the swathe of downgrades hitting crossover issuers since the coronavirus crisis broke, the Finnish tech company is still planning to regain its investment-grade status in the next years.
  • US insurance companies that buy private placements are concerned the damaging effects of coronavirus on corporate earnings may prompt a flood of credit downgrades by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), the regulatory body which imposes upon them risk-based capital charges.
  • High grade bond investors had a plethora of trades to pick from on Wednesday, as corporate bankers say May is shaping up to be a breakneck month for issuance.
  • Martin McKinney, senior manager of medium-term funding at Santander UK, speaks to GlobalCapital about the impact the UK’s lockdown on the bank’s balance sheet, central bank liquidity, and the bank’s changing mix of regulatory and pure funding.
  • Peijia Medical is set to close bookbuilding for its HK$2.34bn ($302m) listing early after institutional investor orders flooded the deal.