Coronavirus

Stobart, the UK infrastructure and aviation company which owns London Southend airport and was a part owner of UK airline FlyBe, won wide support from equity markets on Thursday evening, giving the company the funds to manage through the coronavirus pandemic.

China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings is navigating difficult conditions in the syndications market for a $46m new money loan, as lenders step back from the pandemic-hit aviation industry.

The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (Cabei) raised $530m-equivalent of debt in Taiwan and Switzerland this week to complete the bulk of its bond financing for the year, leaving the lender to focus on bilateral funding and further investor relations for the rest of the year.

While leading economists fret about a reckoning to come for emerging market debt in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, for vast swathes of EM issuers bond market business is brisk. Despite dire data and forecasts, dollar funding costs for some sovereigns are nearing pre-crisis levels as investors grasp at any sort of yield. The rally may have further to run, write Ross Lancaster and Oliver West.

Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, Deutsche Bank and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group this week sourced environmental, social and governance senior funding in euros, amid a shortage of supply in the format.

The Spanish treasury has invited investors to join a call on Friday to discuss the sovereign’s recently updated funding programme for the year.

Rating: A3/A-/BBB

Dechra Pharmacuticals, the pharmaceutical company focused on pets, raised £134m in an accelerated placing on Wednesday night to strengthen its balance sheet after an M&A wave and to give it headroom for further growth and to protect against the economic headwinds of the coronavirus pandemic.

GVS, the Italian manufacturer of masks and filters, has confirmed that it is seeking to list on the Milan stock exchange this month.

Brazil became the third Latin American issuer in three days to find bond buyers willing to place large orders even as pricing was pushed below their initial demands, as it raised $3.5bn of five and 10 year paper to provide arguably the starkest example yet that technicals are trumping fundamentals primary emerging market new issues.

Chris Giancarlo was the 13th chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the US’s top derivatives regulator, until last year. Before his five years at the helm of the CFTC he enjoyed a successful career on Wall Street, which included a 13-year stint as executive vice-president of GFI Group. Since leaving the commission he has focused on digital asset technology, in particular the development of a digital dollar. GlobalCapital caught up with Giancarlo to discuss regulation during the coronavirus crisis and the future of cryptocurrencies.

The Republic of Hungary won a €7.25bn order book on its debut in green bond markets on Tuesday, printing a €1.5bn trade.