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We are pleased to announce this year's borrower nominees for the 2015 GlobalCapital Bond Market Awards.
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Dollar deals are dominating European sovereign, supranational and agency commercial paper issuance thanks to a falling euro/dollar cross currency basis swap. European SSAs are also enjoying strong demand for their sterling paper, driven by banks’ withdrawal from CP.
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The Finnish City of Seinäjoki made its capital markets debut this week with a €40m private placement as the country’s municipalities increasingly show interest in accessing the bond markets directly.
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Finnish municipality City of Seinäjoki debuted in the capital markets this week, as interest grows among the country’s municipalities to access the markets directly. -
Banks’ withdrawal from the commercial paper market is providing a boon to European SSAs, which have found strong demand for their sterling paper.
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Madrid has printed €10m of six year paper as Spanish investors line up for a piece of short term private debt from the regional government.
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Public sector issuance of floating rate notes may drop after the benchmark three month Euribor rate fixed at a sub-zero level this week for the first time, throwing up potential added costs for issuers.
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Supranational issuers are the big winners in the world of ultra-low money market yields, after their first quarter euro commercial paper issuance soared by 92%.
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There was a very interesting moment for Leak this week when sifting through the responses from MTN bankers asking about voting in this year’s Bond Awards.
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UBS has made a big commitment to re-establishing its global medium term note business by hiring a well-known figure to lead the origination effort.
