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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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Some of the biggest banks in Spain and Italy have issued large, short-dated MTNs in recent days and bankers hope that they will lead to deals from smaller institutions in the periphery.
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VTB Bank sold its first euro commercial paper clip of 2013 late last week as the growing volume of issuance of the instrument from Russian credits showed no signs of abating.
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Italian banks made their first appearance in euro medium term notes this week against a backdrop of investor positivity towards the eurozone periphery. But issuers are still unlikely to sell anything but the most conservative of structures in the near term, said dealers.
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French banks’ are increasingly tapping US money market funds for short term cash — and the trend could accelerate if banks pay back three year loans from the European Central Bank early, euro commercial paper dealers said on Monday.
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Banks topped up on sterling this week through privately placed MTN and euro CP trades.
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More banks should look at the possibility of printing callable zero structures, MTN dealers said this week, given the heavy level of Taiwanese life insurers’ demand for the long-dated structures. The investors could also be forced to explore new structures in the hunt for yield.