Ireland has printed just shy of the 50 year part of the euro curve using a pair of private placements, a market it has used with increasing frequency over the last year.

Two European railway operators, Eurofima and SNCF Réseau, plan to sell green bonds through the private placement market in the near future.

The US Federal Reserve raised its target rate on Wednesday and MTN bankers are hoping it will keep on a rising path — with floating rate note issuance set to benefit.

The Brazilian real may have taken a hit amid corruption allegations about the country’s president, but it is still a hit for supranational issuers.

SSA issuers are taking advantage of strong demand from Japanese retail investors in high yielding currencies to print a flurry of deals.

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Japanese investors are snapping up Russian rouble MTNs and Uridashi in their search for higher yields, with SSAs the beneficiaries.

Moon Jae-in’s victory in South Korea’s general election on Tuesday has some SSA issuers relishing the chance to finally print deals in won. Sharon Kimathi reports.

The MTN market is expecting a pick up in issuance in the second half of 2017, after a sluggish start to the year, as many public sector issuers race through their programmes via the public markets in the first few months.

Morten Skaaning has returned to Danske Bank’s debt capital markets syndication desk after spending nearly three years at Arbejdernes Landsbank.

The Bank of England has released a set of principles, laying out new standards of practice for UK money markets.

French issuers are still cautious about taking part in the private placement market despite centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron's topping of the first round of voting in the French presidential election on Sunday.