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Higher rates from the outbreak of the war have enhanced callable MTNs' yield appeal
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Commercial paper (CP) dealers have backed a warning from Federated Investors that proposed new rules could destroy the US money fund industry.
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Swedbank cut through the recent MTN trend for short dated unsecured notes with a Skr1.95bn ($288.8m) five year floater via Handelsbanken on Monday. It also sold its first public senior unsecured bond since early 2010 (see separate story in Credit News: Financial Institutions section).
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Swedbank Mortgage will no longer issue euro commercial paper after the bank decided to streamline its funding programmes. The cancellation of the programme, to be finalised in the next two weeks, follows its decision to print all wholesale funding, other than covered bonds, via parent firm Swedbank.
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With investors scrabbling for bank paper after a powerful secondary rally and a slowdown in new issues since the year’s initial rush, bankers are urging financial issuers to seize a compelling opportunity to raise new debt. A €1.5bn Lloyds TSB senior deal that attracted almost €4.5bn of orders in just 90 minutes on Thursday morning underlined the point.
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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.