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US money market funds are boosting their allocations to eurozone banks and buying ever long tenors, according to commercial paper dealers. The funds are even considering a return to peripheral bank paper for the first time since the onset of the eurozone's sovereign debt crisis.
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Prime money market funds cut their commercial paper holdings by $5bn in December, according to a JP Morgan report. But money funds have increased allocations in the first weeks of 2014 and are opting for longer maturities according to commercial paper dealers.
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US money market funds are beginning to reload on peripheral European bank debt, while overall allocations to the eurozone continue to increase, according to commercial paper dealers.
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Financial institutions have been tipped to outstrip their 2013 MTN volumes this year, which would mark a second successive increase in activity for the issuers. Banks have made a strong start to 2014, with BPCE, BFCM and ABN Amro issuing close to $1bn worth of notes each this week, according to a head of MTNs.
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European commercial paper deals in dollars topped the currency ranking in 2013 at 36%, the first time since 2001, according to Dealogic. Deals in the currency will continue to rise, according to dealers.
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Icelandic banks are hoping to make a full return to the international capital markets next year, with Íslandsbanki and Arion Bank plotting deals. Bankers have tipped the issuers to attract strong investor interest as sentiment improves towards European economies that struggled in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008, writes Kathleen Gallagher.