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Origin soft-launches documentation function
MTN platform Origin has released its documentation automation facility to a subset of Origin Marketplace users comprising 11 banks and 16 issuers.
12 Aug 2020 -
€STR fault fixed, rate setting back on track
The technical issue that led to the ECB being forced to use its contingency computation method to set €STR on Tuesday has been fixed, and the benchmark is once more functioning normally.
12 Aug 2020 -
Technical issue forces ECB to use €STR contingency
A technical issue around the data submission meant that the euro area short term rate (€STR) did not have enough data to be calculated in the usual way this morning, forcing the ECB to use its contingency method.
11 Aug 2020 -
Structured MTNs buck downward trend as investors hunt yield
Although the MTN market contracted during the first half of 2020, structured issuance rose.
07 Aug 2020 -
IDB Invest lining up Covid-19 MTNs
Issuers have been flocking to the market with coronavirus response bonds, but only a few have sold MTNs with the same theme.
29 Jul 2020 -
TD Securities shakes up MTNs team
TD Securities has appointed Matthew Jaconelli to head up its MTN and niche currency operations in Europe, taking over from Sameer Rehman, who will now focus on financial and corporate issuance.
23 Jul 2020 -
MTN investors looking for longer dated SSA paper
Euro investors are sniffing around further out along the SSA curve, with Euratom returning after a two year absence to print a 10 year bond earmarked to fund power plant safety measures in Ukraine, while the Treasury Corp of Victoria tapped demand past the 30 year point.
23 Jul 2020 -
IFFIm’s Doris Herrera-Pol on vaccines and the capital markets
The International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm) was set up in 2006 to provide funding to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, itself a public/private sector partnership, to expedite the vaccination of children in the poorest countries against endemic infectious diseases.
22 Jul 2020 -
MTNs expect summer lull in Europe while Asia charges on
The MTN market expects a busy summer in Asia as investors look to make up for time lost to the coronavirus pandemic at the start of the year.
20 Jul 2020 -
AIIB planning Kangaroo and dollar bonds for latter half of 2020
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is considering increasing its 2020 funding programme to meet the high demand for its coronavirus response package.
15 Jul 2020
