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Tight funding levels and an abundance of investor cash made for brisk MTN issuance in 2025. The story may change in 2026, with public market issuance named as one factor that could crowd out private placements. But a broadening Asian bid for MTNs offers hope for the market, writes Diana Bui
Investors show demand for short-dated FRNs from FIG and corporate credits in private and public formats
Aroundtown and Toyota tap private markets as public supply winds down
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Bankers and participants in the short term debt markets this week called for sanity and a measured analysis of banks’ liquidity positions amid escalating fears of a European bank funding crisis. This is not a replay of Lehman Brothers in 2008, they stressed.
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By remaining reluctant to disclose data on their liquidity and short-term funding positions, European banks have failed to learn the lessons of 2008’s liquidity crisis, market analysis firm CreditSights said on Wednesday.
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Dealers were divided over the effect of volatility in equities on the ECP market this week. While some claimed investors were relatively unfazed by swings in the share price of banks — particularly French institutions — others said the movements of the equity markets had made for a difficult issuance environment.
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Many investors favoured Scandinavian and Australian banks this week as risk aversion and volatility reigned.
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As the ECB wades in to provide more emergency liquidity for European banks, the interbank lending market is drying up as financial institutions increase their use of the central bank’s deposit facilities. This is prompting money market participants to worry about a liquidity squeeze similar to that which followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008.
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EUROPEAN banks are facing a permanent drop in the liquidity they receive from US money market funds, after last week’s Greek bail-out package did nothing to calm funds’ fears over exposure to the sector.