IFR 02.29.2020

(Jacob Rumans) #1
FEBRUARY 29 2020 ISSUE 2322 http://www.ifre.com

EQUITIES
Hong Kong IPOs
go virtual as
coronavirus stops
meetings
08

PEOPLE & MARKETS
ESG reframes
weak covenants
as a governance
issue
10

LOANS
Goldman to lead
up to €11bn
lNANCINGûFORû
ThyssenKrupp unit
12

STRUCTURED FINANCE
Italian NPL deals
under threat
from proposed
new law
13

Asia withstands panic as 15 issuers price dollar


bonds, but activity grinds to a halt elsewhere


Barclays, Quail and the trial over 2008


Qatar deal, as three acquitted at Old Bailey


The rise and rise of deal-contingent options:


a risky business gets even riskier


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