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  • US banks this week reported stellar returns from trading and underwriting in the first quarter, even as the bottom line was hit by gigantic writedowns and reserves for credit losses, as the economic and financial disruption from the coronavirus crisis took its toll.
  • Banks have been building their financial sponsor coverage teams on a record period of deal making. Now they have a different fight on their hands, but bankers are playing down the threat of a 2008-style meltdown, writes David Rothnie.
  • Several investors have told GlobalCapital of their concern for the outlook of UK universities as borrowers. They worry that the spread of coronavirus will hit revenues, lower the demand from international students and may in the end hasten a shift towards remote learning.
  • UK budget airline EasyJet has signed two new term loans totalling around £400m ($497.37m) and drawn down on an existing revolver as the airline industry, battered by the coronavirus pandemic, continues to slash costs and build capital in the hope of seeing landing lights after the storm passes.
  • The UK’s Hipgnosis Songs has increased the size of its sterling revolving credit facility, as bankers say that the coronavirus crisis means many more borrowers will look to increase existing credit lines where they can.
  • Singapore’s CapitaLand, a real estate giant, has raised a total of S$400m ($283m) from two bilateral green loans, giving a further boost to its sustainability financing credentials.