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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. -
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), which holds almost $400bn of assets under management, has played a critical role in maintaining financial stability during the coronavirus pandemic. Alireza Zaimi, head of corporate finance at the PIF, tells GlobalCapital how the fund weathered a commodity shock of unprecedented proportions, how the crisis has shaped its investment choices, and how its funding strategy has held up.
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Icelandair, the flag carrier airline of Iceland, has gained the final major approval it needs for a government-backed loan, setting up the company for an imminent share sale and loan funding totalling about $247m-equivalent.
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Center Parcs has launched a refinancing of its class ‘B’ debt, taking advantage of better sentiment and a resumption of holiday bookings in its UK locations to push out a 2022 maturity in its subordinated debt.
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Chinese government-related entities (GREs) and local government finance vehicles (LGFVs) received more rating upgrades than downgrades from Fitch Ratings in the first half of 2020, but the pricing differences between bonds from quality names and weaker credits remain stark, said DCM bankers.
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Argentina’s foreign law exchange bonds will go free to trade this week and offer early clues as to how markets are likely to value the newly restructured credit, after some promising but inconsistent signs emerged from grey market trading last week.
