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  • At the start of the pandemic, it made total sense for investors to pile capital into distressed debt funds. More than a year on, the decision looks like less of a slam dunk.
  • French investment grade corporate issuers Alstom and Covivio Hotels ignored growing worries over rising coronavirus infections on Tuesday to haul in bumper demand for new bonds.
  • Bond market participants are eagerly anticipating a trade from Nigeria in the coming weeks, which would be the seventh sub-Saharan African sovereign new issue since the start of the year, with issuers making the most of the hunger for high yielding credits.
  • Chongqing Pharmaceutical (Group) Co is making its debut in the loan market for $150m. It is set to directly compete against a larger Chinese state-owned peer that is also testing lenders’ appetite for a new fundraising.
  • Equity markets were reeling this week as investors became more defensive in the face of rising Covid-19 cases across the world. Sources say that despite some countries, such as the UK, lifting Covid-19 restrictions, equity capital markets investors are bedding in for the pandemic to drag on.
  • There is good reason for cautious optimism when it comes to non-performing loans, despite the dire predictions made last summer. Italy, which has been dogged by NPL problems for years, is a prime example of how well things appear to be turning out, more than a year after the start of the pandemic.