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Efforts to boost the UK’s private placement market are making it easier than ever for borrowers to access non-bank finance. But for some, the UK private placement market should be reaching for greater union with its European counterparts, even as Brexit wrenches Britain and the EU further apart. David Bell reports. -
London sits at the intersection of several private debt markets: the US private placement, Euro PPs, the Schuldschein, Euro medium term notes and direct lending. Each is different, but all exist in the same economic environment, in which banks are eager to lend and pricing in the public bond market is highly attractive to issuers.
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Quantitative easing has made investors’ lives hard, even outside public markets. As spread compression makes its way into private debt markets, even the most experienced buyers are finding it hard to source investments that pay enough yield.
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Regular public bond issuers are finding their access to some private placement products complicated by investors’ nervous interpretations of regulation. But an eager buy-side does exist in other pockets, reports Ross Lancaster.
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With big, powerful rivals including the syndicated loan market, the European private placement or Euro PP market has its work cut out to establish itself as a genuine alternative for companies looking to raise debt. However, its flexibility and growing institutional investor base mean there are plenty of grounds for optimism. Philip Moore reports.
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Those who work in the US private placement market, as it is often referred to, say this is a misnomer. They prefer ‘traditional’ or ‘global’ private placement market and, while the European challenge may be increasing, the numbers suggest they have a point. Richard Metcalf reports.
