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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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  • Banco Santander Mexico showed that emerging market investors are willing to deploy cash in a greater range of credits than just sovereigns as it sharply increased the size of a five-year senior deal on Tuesday. But though the new issue concession was in line with expectations, the deal underscored the new reality of funding conditions for Latin America borrowers.
  • The number of mortgage loans in forbearance increased by 37% in the first week of April, with mortgage servicers coming under intense pressure to continue advancing payments to RMBS bondholders. Market participants are hoping the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) steps in with a fix.
  • ABS eligible for the simple, transparent and standardised’ (STS) criteria could have lost its preferential capital benefits after payment freezes on consumer lending went into place across Europe, but the EBA has acted to clear up the uncertainty and confirm the capital benefits.
  • EU ministers finally managed to find agreement before the Easter weekend on a rescue package to help fund the bloc's response to the Covid-19 pandemic. But investors and analysts were far from convinced that critical debates about countries' ability to deal with the economic impact of the crisis and about the wider future of the EU have been settled.
  • Greece is looking to become the latest eurozone sovereign to sell a seven year syndicated bond, after mandating banks on Tuesday for the transaction.
  • Mortgage payment holidays, as mandated by several European governments, will hurt some European securitizations, as investors get paid out of the interest and principal payments they expect to receive from the underlying borrowers. But someone has to take the pain of the missing cash, and this could pit bond investors against deal originators.