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Italian bank access to money market fund cash has “all but evaporated”, commercial paper dealers said on Monday, after Standard & Poor’s imposed a swathe of downgrades on 34 financial institutions.
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Intesa Sanpaolo’s perilous short term funding position was thrown into sharp relief this week when Fitch downgraded it to F2 on Monday night. Any similar action from either of Fitch’s rival ratings agencies would place Intesa’s paper out of the reach of top European money market funds.
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Helaba attracted sterling funding for the first time since 2007 with its debut covered bond in the UK currency. The sterling investor base had largely shunned the issuer since it lost its state guarantee in 2005, but the bank hopes its latest print will be the first of many.
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Intesa Sanpaolo could be locked out of commercial paper funding after a downgrade by Fitch Ratings pushed it a step closer to falling below money market funds’ investment criteria.
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New FSA rules could see ABCP conduits in the UK forced to shrink their programmes, a move that could lead to a boost for term securitisation markets in credit card and auto ABS.
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Another threat to US money market funds’ demand for commercial paper has emerged from the Federal Reserve Board, days after money funds warned about the damage proposed SEC regulation could do to the industry.