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Monday evening sale is latest block trade
◆ Danish biotech prints three tranches along the curve ◆ Seven year bond proves the sweet spot ◆ Proceeds to refinance €1.5bn acquisition bridge
Sfr4.9bn trade is largest European ECM deal since National Grid’s £7bn rights issue in 2024
Offer came as markets recovered and volatility fell
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Central banks are turning on the money taps and slashing rates in an effort to combat the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The below table details the response to the outbreak from many of the world's largest central banks. -
Whitbread, the UK hotel and restaurant company behind Premier Inn, has amended a clause in its debt documentation which could have left it liable for technical default. One source said several companies may have to go through a similar amendment process.
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Airbus, the European aircraft manufacturer, opened books for a three tranche bond issue on Tuesday, just over a week after raising €15bn from banks, on the assumption, its CFO said then, that there would be "no issuance in capital markets, such as commercial paper".
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The Inter-American Development Bank has added slightly to its 2020 funding programme following the announcement of a substantial lending package in response to the Covid-19 crisis.
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China’s official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) recorded a sharp rebound in March as businesses slowly resumed their activity. While the strong figures led to a rally in the stock market, economists are warning against reading too much too soon into the data as challenges remain for the country’s economy.
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Latin American corporates from across the rating spectrum are taking a range of measures to protect their liquidity in the face of the Covid-19 slowdown, but analysts suggest several defaults are inevitable as the region is hit on several fronts.
