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The market for medium term notes is expected to come to life over the next few weeks after a subdued start to 2017, with some bankers and issuers touting floating rate notes as the next big thing. -
Origin, an electronic platform for private placement issuance, went live on Monday, with six investment banks and more than 20 borrowers having access to the beta version.
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US money market fund reform is finally here, after eight years in the making. A volatile and testing 2017 will show us whether the wait has been worth it. Lewis McLellan reports.
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Jérôme Margerin has left the MTN desk at Nomura, where he has worked for more than two years.
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SSAs are turning to the MTN market to meet investor requests and to pick up some pre-funding in December, with the bulk of their funding needs for the year completed.
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Appetite for 30 year callable zeroes in dollars has been bolstered by Donald Trump’s victory in the US elections and the resultant hike in bond yields around the world.
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The European Investment Bank added a A$100m ($75.5m) tap to its August 2026 Kangaroo bond on Monday, before following up with its first Mexican peso trade since the US election.
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The International Finance Corporation has launched its first short dated index linker, which it has designed to draw in funds from US retail investors.
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The Polish government and a state owned development bank have both made a rare appearance in the MTN market.
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MTN issuers and dealers have been dismissive this week of plans by the Financial Conduct Authority to prevent banks gaining league table credit from loss-making trades.
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The words “unintended consequences of regulation” usually send a shiver down the spine of capital markets participants, but new US rules coming into effect next week are having the opposite effect for some public sector bond issuers.
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French agency Unédic is looking to set a trend with its new medium term note format to replace its BMTN programme as the chosen vehicle for one to six year debt
