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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
GlobalCapital is pleased to announce the shortlist for its inaugural MTN Awards
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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.
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Investors have begun to "look through the noise" surrounding European banks and seek longer dated commercial paper (CP), dealers said this week. Maturities have lengthened as credit concerns have retreated following the European Central Bank’s long term refinancing operation, said some.