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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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Investors looked to top-rated European credits in a week when volatility and uncertainty reigned: those hunting yield bought non-core currencies but they stuck to highly rated issuers.
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Despite a drop in bank ECP volumes this week, dealers are confident that financial institutions will continue to find liquidity in the short term markets. Meanwhile, last week’s stress tests did not have a material influence on trading.
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Holders of financial institution commercial paper remained calm in spite of the worsening European sovereign crisis this week. On Tuesday morning many markets were in the red but short term investors stuck to their bank holdings and did not look to sell, according to CP dealers.
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Demand for bank commercial paper held up this week, in spite of fears over some banks’ exposures to peripheral sovereigns. However buyers are being selective, depending on geography.
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Leading investors in European banks’ commercial paper are cutting their exposures because of the Greek debt crisis.
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Leading investors in European banks’ commercial paper have been reducing their exposures because of the Greek debt crisis.