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Smaller issuers can access capital market more easily and efficiently through joint vehicle and standard docs, fintech argues
UK long term mortgage lender eyes a private placement for inaugural deal
◆ French bank adds Swissies to Singapore dollars and euros in ‘relentless’ issuance spree ◆ Funding boss Perrier discusses diversification aims ◆ Private trades across markets identified
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Banks are enjoying another week of solid demand for private placements, with some issuers taking advantage of the private market to print deals even while in blackout, EuroWeek Bank Finance understands.
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Investors snapped up Nordic banks’ private placements this week, even as some issuers tightened levels amid the strong demand. Swedbank, Pohjola Bank, Danske Bank, Nordea and Sparebanken Vest all sold deals in size, flying in the face of the usual August lull in the capital markets.
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Two Turkish banks have been printing private placements as the country’s benchmark spreads have struggled to bounce back while civil unrest continues in the republic. Turkish Vakifbank has printed four private placements in the last fortnight via Citi, while Garanti Bank printed a $7.8m one year zero coupon note via Royal Bank of Scotland at a discount on Tuesday.
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Pohjola Bank has raised €260m with its first private medium term notes in euros since December, finding demand just days after exiting its blackout period.
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Caisse Française de Financement Local, the newly state-backed entity that formerly issued public sector covered bonds as Dexia Municipal Agency, is set to become a regular issuer of privately placed euro medium term notes after printing its debut trade this week, said dealers.
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Promsvyazbank has launched a $1bn euro commercial paper programme, joining a host of other Russian issuers that have entered the market over the past 18 months. But with institutional investors shunning Russian ECP, demand for the bank’s paper will be limited, said dealers.