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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
Aroundtown and Toyota tap private markets as public supply winds down
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Turkish banks — several of which launched MTN programmes this year — are diversifying their private placements, issuing in longer maturities and different currencies to reach out to new investors.
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US prime money market funds have raised their eurozone holdings to their highest levels since August 2011, according to a report by JP Morgan Securities released on Wednesday. The majority of this increase was in French and German banks, and commercial paper bankers are split whether recent concerns over France will cause MMFs to decrease their holdings.
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Banco de Chile raised ¥11.1bn ($111.1m) with the first private placement from a new $2bn global medium term note programme this week, as other emerging market banks also found interest in yen.
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Jyske Bank is changing its private placement plans to avoid euros and instead issue in other currencies. This diversification will allow the bank to issue longer tenors, a strategy EMTN bankers recommend to other banks.
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Money market funds borrowing and lending in the eurozone has increased, but bankers expect the corporate and public sectors to start stealing the influx.
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Private placements from Irish banks could become a more regular feature of MTN markets in the coming weeks, as dealers reported an increase in enquiries for the credits and Bank of Ireland sold its first private deal in three years.