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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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SBAB Bank has reaped the rewards of its investor relations effort in Japan in 2011 after printing a trio of Uridashi deals — its first issuance in the format for several years — as the firm became the latest to diversify its investor base through non-public deals.
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The thawing of US prime money market funds’ frosty relationship with Eurozone bank debt is accelerating, but it comes amid warnings that investors across the Atlantic have started to see certain banks outside the single currency area as higher risk.
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Rare Indian bank names were among medium term note (MTN) deals this week as Asian investors sought yield and some issuers attempted to circumvent an unfavourable local commercial paper market.
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UK banks whose short term P-1 ratings were put on review for downgrade a month ago by Moody’s have seen their total outstanding commercial paper fall by a quarter since the action, but dealers played down the significance of the ratings action on the drop.
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The Euribor/Eonia spread should not be used to gauge sentiment in interbank lending, the head of euro commercial paper (CP) at a European bank has warned.
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Santander symbolised a new dynamic in which bank issuers are able to dictate terms to investors this week, a total reversal of the situation in 2011.