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PIF's commercial paper programmes have been rated by S&P
EDF and Mowi tapped private placements in their home currencies
SSA issuers extend their hot run in the private market, crowding into the short end of the curve
Banks crowd the short end in another busy week for private placements
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The bulk of Swedbank’s senior unsecured funding will remain privately placed, despite the firm opening books on its first public deal since early 2010 (see separate story).
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Westpac became the latest Australian bank to print its first covered bond private placements this week as the new jurisdiction for the asset class gets dealers and investors hot under the collar. Norwegian krone investors have been big buyers of the product so far.
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Bank issuers of commercial paper have been lengthening their maturity profiles after money market funds shrugged off last week’s Standard & Poor’s Eurozone sovereign downgrades. Many have begun pushing for longer tenors by making their levels less attractive at the very short end, said dealers.
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With many issuers unable to print because they are in blackout, volumes are down in the senior unsecured market despite an increasingly positive market backdrop.
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has sold its first privately placed covered bond, joining ANZ Bank and National Australia Bank (NAB) in taking advantage of an October 2011 change in Australian banking law.
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MTN bankers were this week waiting for a pause in the roaring start to the year in the public bond markets to give private placement issuers a chance of selling mid- and long-dated notes. However money market fund buying supported short-dated issuance this week.