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  • Loans bankers and borrowers are increasingly spending weeks, if not months, negotiating over pricing, as the gap between their expectations grows wider amid Covid-19 disruptions.
  • The Loan Market Association (LMA) has set guidelines to clarify how borrowers and banks should implement green and sustainability linked loans.
  • Swedish airline SAS has signed a Sk3.3bn ($336m) revolving credit facility backed by the Swedish and Danish states, as state support for airlines gets approval across Europe.
  • BNP Paribas blamed European authorities’ restrictions on 2019 dividend payments for losing it €184m in its equities business, when it released its first quarter results on Tuesday. However, in debt capital markets and fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) it was a more positive picture, as the bank took advantage of a surge in debt origination and electronic trading.
  • Robert Bosch launched Schuldscheine with tenors varying between two and 20 years on Tuesday. The German car parts supplier is looking to raise at least €500m in a market all but shut since the coronavirus pandemic reached Europe. Participants hope this launch will prompt other borrowers to follow suit.
  • The UK’s Vitec Group, which provides camera and recording equipment, has renegotiated the covenants on its £165m revolving credit facility, in a growing trend that loans bankers expect to continue until the coronavirus pandemic eases.