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Kommunalkredit Austria is looking to ramp up its private placement issuance in the coming months as it looks to diversify its funding sources, EuroWeek understands.
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Czech investors’ desire to diversify their holdings away from domestic credits is opening up new opportunities for foreign issuers, with some international borrowers opting to print private placements denominated in Czech koruna and others selling directly into the Czech market.
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US money market funds increased eurozone bank holdings in September despite an overall decrease in bank exposure. Bankers expect the trend to continue and funds to widen their buying into the periphery eurozone countries.
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VTB Bank took advantage of Czech investors’ hunger for diversification this week to become the first Russian credit to print in Czech koruna. The issuer joins a series of other emerging market names to debut in the currency this year.
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Rising money market rates have failed to dent steady growth in banks’ euro commercial paper outstandings, despite claims that the increasing levels could hit the issuers’ ability to print. The claims have been dubbed “panic mongering” by one senior ECP banker.
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Bank euro commercial paper outstandings rose for the third quarter in a row at the end of September — but are still well below levels seen before the eurozone sovereign debt crisis, according to the latest figures from Dealogic.