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.

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.

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.

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.

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%.

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.

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.

The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (Cabei) has sold its inaugural bond in Peruvian nuevo sol.

Spain is open to taps of its longest outstanding bond, a 50 year private placement, but demand may be limited, say bankers.