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Utilities metering company could refinance Schuldschein in coming months
Tight spreads keep Middle East borrowers in bond market, and away from loans
Kazakh bank doubles the tenor to two years compared to previous deals
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Deutsche Lufthansa, the airline, is in advanced talks for a €9bn bailout from the German state, amid a flurry of European governments pumping billions of dollars into the ailing airline industry. -
The new UK insolvency law, introduced into the British parliament on Wednesday, will allow unconsenting creditor classes, including secured creditors, to be crammed down during a restructuring. This could mean bondholders and banks, rather than landlords, take more of the pain in the coming wave of corporate distress. Hotel chain Travelodge is likely to be one of the first major companies to use the new rules.
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Cruise ship operator Genting Hong Kong has become the latest Asian company to seek a covenant waiver on a loan as the Covid-19 pandemic hits its operations. A rise in payment deferral requests is putting further pressure on retail banks that are already being forced to take a step back from lending. Pan Yue reports.
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Credit hedge funds are looking to finance books of SME loans originated under the UK government’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), subscribing for the equity in private securitization vehicles backed by the loans. The government guarantees are likely to improve the financing terms on offer, boosting returns for funds that can access these assets — but there are still questions over the details of the scheme.
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İşbank, Turkey's largest private bank by assets, is the latest financial institution from the country to refinance its existing debt, while managing to maintain competitive margins.
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Huhtamäki, the Finnish veteran of the Schuldschein market, is looking for a five year deal. Several bankers have said many other international issuers are coming as the market emerges from the first phase of the coronavirus pandemic, but they will find market norms have changed.
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