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  • The International Private Equity and Venture Capital Valuation Guidelines (Ipev) body has warned funds to take special care over quarter-end reporting and valuation of portfolios, so that marks for sponsor-owned companies reflect as well as they can the devastation of the coronavrius pandemic, rather than the benign conditions prevailing at the start of the year.
  • Fashion retailer H&M has signed a €980m revolving credit facility to sit alongside its existing main bank line, as the Swedish company becomes the latest to turn to the bank market to bolster its finances during the coronavirus pandemic.
  • Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) has brought in 21 banks for its debut borrowing in the loan market.
  • Centerview Partners has appointed ex-Lazard rainmaker Matthieu Pigasse as head of its new French operation, as the boutique advisory firm expands in continental Europe with a 15-strong team.
  • Some fear a sorry fate for European private debt funds, as small and medium-sized businesses across the continent struggle to stay afloat amid the devastation caused by Covid-19. Symon Drake-Brockman, founder and managing partner of Pemberton Capital Advisers, one such private debt fund, spoke to GlobalCapital’s Silas Brown about the pandemic and the prospects for private credit in its wake.
  • The coronavirus lockdown in the UK is hurting cashflows to pub company securitizations, potentially putting firms in the firing line for bondholders, who have strong asset security rights in the highly leveraged vehicles. Meanwhile, banks are still sat on the £1.45bn acquisition debt to fund Stonegate’s takeover of Ei Group, which technically ranks behind one of the largest pubco securitizations, Unique.