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Financial institutions triple issuance in the currency this year, while corporates make greater use of euro and sterling taps
Private taps offer issuers an alternative route through uncertain issuance windows due the Middle East conflict, bankers say
Higher coupons and steady rate expectations draw investors back into the currency
SSA issuers increase focus on PPs amid quieter period for public markets
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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has found "significant advice failings" and "serious deficiencies in the marketing literature" in the sales of Lehman-backed structured products in most of the 157 sales it reviewed involving 11 firms. Three plan managers have been put into administration because of the potential consequences of the findings.
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Banks issued a flurry of long-dated trades in the European commercial paper market early in the week, despite a slow week generally because of the month end. On Tuesday in particular, bank paper comprised 81% of the day’s $14.4bn equivalent of issuance.
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Standard Bank, the P2/F2 South African issuer, has signed a $1bn European commercial paper programme but dealers said it will need to offer high yields in order attract investors.
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Greek and Korean banks benefited from investors’ hunt for yield in the European commercial paper market this week. The spreads available from these issuers proved attractive to investors compared with those offered by higher-credit borrowers.
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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.