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Specialist lender White Oak has sponsored the first securitization of Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) loans, a £150m private transaction with Barclays, enabling it to recycle capital into the final 15 days of the government-backed lending programme.
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At least 12 Argentine provinces are either deep in restructuring talks with bondholders or are preparing to begin negotiations. But as Argentina’s finance minister Martín Guzmán calls for regional governments to renegotiate their debts in line with the federal government’s sustainability guidelines, investors are unlikely to grant the same level of debt relief they agreed with the sovereign. -
IAG, the airline holding company that owns British Airways, has launched its €2.75bn rights issue to help fund it through the coronavirus pandemic. The company does not expect a return to normal operations until 2023, but is hoping its ability to be flexible in offering flights to areas that are recovering more quickly will be enough to persuade investors to take part in the cash call.
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German travel company Tui’s bondholders have agreed to suspend limits on the debt the company can incur, opening the door to a rescue loan from KfW and a convertible bond injection from the German government's economic stability fund.
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The coronavirus pandemic has ramped up African sovereigns’ need to spend, resulting in a wave of credit rating downgrades. But market participants are split over the perception of credit risk in the region and how that will affect future issuance.
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The world’s largest independent McDonald’s franchisee, Arcos Dorados, is planning to tap its senior unsecured bonds due 2027 as it looks to refinance debt raised to tackle the Covid-19 crisis.
