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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