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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.
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ANZ Bank expects to increase the number of currencies and structures in which it prints private placements, as it prepares for expected continued volatility in the public markets in 2012.