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MARKETS^ It’s ESG, not returns, that dominates at investor day.
- International Financing Review February
- FEBRUARY 29 2020 ISSUE INTERNATIONAL FINANCING REVIEW- TOP NEWS
- but activity grinds to a halt elsewhere. BONDS Resilient Asia withstands panic as 15 issuers price dollar bonds,
- of fraud related to the bank’s £4bn Qatar fundraising deal 12 years ago. PEOPLE & MARKETS Not guilty London court acquits former Barclays executives accused
- Coronavirus outbreak makes face-to-face meetings impossible. EQUITIES Online marketing Hong Kong IPOs go virtual.
- Banks slug it out to provide cross-border hedges. PEOPLE & MARKETS Hedging Deal-contingent options: risky business gets riskier.
- Thorny problem ESG reframes weak covenants as governance issue.
- Jumbo deal Goldman expected to lead up to €11bn financing for ThyssenKrupp unit.
- Controversial Italian NPL deals under threat from proposed new law.
- Squeezing through Yandex finds tight window for US$1.25bn convertible bond.
- PEOPLE & Green initiative JP Morgan takes on climate change.
- to lead its global financial institutions coverage. Revamp Citigroup has promoted Christian Anderson and Stefan Wintels
- targets in the wake of low interest rates and the coronavirus outbreak. Under par StanChart says it is likely to miss its profitability and income growth
- Denial Goldman pleads not guilty over 1MDB money-laundering scandal.
- Musical chairs Barclays looks to be among a raft of banks considering a change of leadership.
- Accelerating change Bank of England “turbo-charges” moves to ditch Libor.
- BONDS Buying opportunity AT1s suffer but hopes persist for product.
- Hamstrung ING AT1 revival frustrated. 33 US Energy bonds suffer on falling oil and gas prices.
- EMERGING Blistering start Russians embrace March window. Issuers braced to flood in.
- MARKETS China IG property bond draws crowd.^47 FIG BOC shrugs off volatility with US$2.82bn print.
- LOANS Stern test Trip.com seeks US$1.2bn despite dire conditions in tourism industry.
- Taiwan CIP closes largest wind farm financing. 58 Russia Norilsk sparks life into loan market.
- EQUITIES Braving the sell-off Two ABBs in EMEA tick the right boxes to attract buyers.
- Asia-Pacific Politics disrupt Malaysian deals. 75 US Passage Bio extends biotech IPO streak.
- STRUCTURED Return Exact Sciences floods the convertible bond market yet again.
- EQUITY US Nuvasive lands US$450m from five-year CB.^85 Chiming in RingCentral raises US$1bn.
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