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The CLO market is in the middle of the panic phase of the current crisis, and a new life cycle in the time of Covid-19 will run for two to three years before the sector normalizes, said speakers in a virtual panel held by IMN on Thursday. -
After years of not only falling loan volumes but being trounced in their own back yard, Europe's banks finally seem to have an edge against their US counterparts. With loan pricing gapping out in response to the coronavirus pandemic, but companies desperate for cash, the continent's lenders are proving first port of call for local borrowers, leaving US and Asian banks less active. Silas Brown, Mariam Meskin and Mike Turner report.
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Any concerns over whether the eurozone periphery would have market access after Bund spreads yawned wider during the past week were put to bed by a combined €31bn of borrowing from Italy and Spain. The sovereigns paid what was needed to put impressive dents in their ballooning funding requirements, ahead of a hotly anticipated European Council meeting on Thursday. Lewis McLellan and Tyler Davies report.
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Congress set aside $60bn for small businesses in the second round of funding for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), but excluded fintechs from participating in distributing the funds. While fintechs thought the pandemic could be a chance to solidify their standing in the lending world, legislators have been reluctant to give them the opportunity.
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The UK Debt Management Office has announced a borrowing programme that will, in the next four months alone, exceed the country’s largest ever annual total. Gilt yields have stayed steady, thanks to investors’ faith in the Bank of England’s asset purchase facility.
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Significant risk transfer (SRT) deals have temporarily dried up following the European Central Bank’s decision to lower risk requirements for banks, but market observers say deals will still go ahead in 2020.
