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Latest block this week in volatile conditions
Abbott Laboratories plundered $20bn as it led a trio of drug companies which printed jumbo bonds as a deluge of supply in the dollar market ensured a red-hot end to the month.
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  • The Italian Treasury has updated the guidelines for its debt management strategy for 2020 as it comes to terms with additional financing needs from Covid-19. There are plans for more syndications, bigger auctions and more products for retail investors.
  • Chinese conglomerate HNA Group called an eleventh-hour meeting this week in an attempt to delay a bond that was due to mature just hours later. Investors criticised the company on the call ─ but bankers are still unsure whether the bond has been repaid.
  • The Carlyle Group has raised Rp7.6bn ($100m) after selling most of its stake in Indian diagnostic laboratory chain Metropolis Healthcare, according to a source close to the deal.
  • 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.