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Front end floaters fly for auto names in private placement format
World Bank tops 2025 issuer rankings for private placements
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
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Demand for unguaranteed paper from Irish banks grew this week as more details of the National Asset Management Agency bad bank scheme were released and the extension of the country’s government guarantee scheme to five years became even more likely.
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Jefferies & Co is aiming to take at least a 5% market share in European rate products sales and trading within the next 18 months, Domenico Crapanzano, the former Dresdner Kleinwort banker hired to build the business, told EuroWeek.
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Banks will wind down more of their asset backed commercial paper (ABCP) conduits because of Basle II guidelines on capital treatment, while others may restructure to survive, Fitch warned on Monday.
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The Australian banks were especially active in the private placement market this week — Westpac sold nine trades, Commonwealth Bank of Australia took four, ANZ Bank sold three and National Australia Bank completed two.
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Allied Irish Bank (AIB) sold a $1bn government guaranteed note via JPMorgan on Monday. The deal came hot on the heels of the Lloyds TSB government guaranteed trio last week worth more than $3bn equivalent.
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Favourable basis swaps allowed Australian financial sector borrowers to issue numerous large tickets in the European commercial paper market this week. But the dynamic may not last long.