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US private placement agents are preparing bids for transactions with higher yield targets than much of last year. But as borrowers are forced to offer chunky new issue concessions to lure public bond investors into primary markets, US PP agents are confident that pricing in their market is still enticing for issuers. -
US private placement market participants are expecting a busier time than usual as volatility due to the UK's departure from the European Union pushes borrowers away from the sterling bond market.
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Schuldschein players are not expecting much deal flow this week but most are optimistic that the market is in a better shape than others. A busier first quarter is expected as a consequence.
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Conditions have rarely been sweeter for European borrowers seeking to diversify their funding sources. Europe’s dominant private debt markets for investment grade issuers, the US private placement market and the Schuldschein, are thriving, and agents in both are on the hunt for new borrowers. Their search will better if, as expected, public bond markets have a tough 2019. Silas Brown reports.
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A revolution is occurring in the Schuldschein market. This sedate and sober instrument has shaken its fusty reputation and transformed into a bustling hotbed of technological progress. Seven digital platforms sprang up in 2018, each declaring a grand ambition to drive efficiency. But with platforms jockeying for position, under the eye of the German regulator, some question the rate of change and the authenticity of some agents of it.
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Financial markets are often seen as cold, calculating machines for making money. That is part of their function. But increasingly, people are talking of markets’ broader social purpose — that they exist to serve humanity and make its existence healthier and more sustainable. Toby Fildes argues that, 10 years on from the crisis, this new ethos will govern the markets’ future.
