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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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Natixis is the latest issuer to add renminbi to its Euro-commercial paper and certificate of deposit programme, as volumes traded in the currency continue to rise rapidly.
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Australian banks sold a record $10bn in privately placed euro MTNs in July as investors sought non-eurozone bank debt. The big four Australian commercial banks — Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ANZ Bank, National Australia Bank, Westpac — were able to take advantage of the demand.
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A squeeze on short term debt yields could create demand for asset backed commercial paper, an asset class that has not found favour since it blew up in spectacular style in 2007, writes Craig McGlashan.
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Banks’ access to euro commercial paper improved in July for the first time since January, with the ECB’s deposit rate cut hailed by dealers as the cause of the better sentiment.
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Nordic banks’ euro commercial paper outstandings have hit record levels as investors look for names with distance from Europe’s periphery.
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Russian banks could form a vanguard for emerging borrowers in the money markets, providing funds with a new route to satisfy their hunt for yield as an ultra low rates environment squeezes their profit margins, writes Craig McGlashan.