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A brutal sell-off in credit in recent trading sessions has left some market participants questioning whether bank bonds are now ‘more in tune with what they should be’. -
Banks have started splitting up trading teams across locations, while many of those working in the capital markets have been stuck at home. This has caused a couple of hiccups and worries but some wonder if it will lead to a shift in attitudes about meetings and work flexibility once coronavirus passes.
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Can the capital markets function properly with its workforce operating remotely, whether from home or at disaster recovery centres? This question is becoming increasingly important as the Covid-19 infection rate rockets and the death toll grows. One organisation that has more experience of coping than most is the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, based in Beijing.
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Europe's loan market was true to its reputation for calmness on Monday, with commitments for loans being syndicated coming through on Monday despite carnage in many global markets.
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The European Central Bank is widely expected to ramp up its efforts to prop up the eurozone economy on Thursday. It could spear the effects of an oil price shock and the spread of the coronavirus outbreak with a trident of bank lending, rate cuts and QE.
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Mexican hotel operator Grupo Posadas became the first Latin American issuer to suffer a ratings action as a direct result of the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, with both tourism industry and capital markets conditions worsening while a bond maturity looms.
