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World Bank tops 2025 issuer rankings for private placements
Tight funding levels and an abundance of investor cash made for brisk MTN issuance in 2025. The story may change in 2026, with public market issuance named as one factor that could crowd out private placements. But a broadening Asian bid for MTNs offers hope for the market, writes Diana Bui
Aroundtown and Toyota tap private markets as public supply winds down
CEB plans to print more structured notes and may launch inaugural Sofr bond in 2026
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Kommuninvest has tightened its medium term note levels after finding increased demand following speculation that covered bonds — which the agency prices relative to — could attain Level 1 status under Basel III’s liquidity coverage ratio put downward pressure on its funding costs. It comes as the issuer also enjoyed a revisit to euros, printing private placements in the currency for the first time since October 2011.
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Investors are hungry for duration from Belgian sub sovereign issuers, which are looking to tap the demand and will push further out the maturity curve in the coming weeks, according to bankers. But some of the borrowers are sticking to medium term deals, opting for clips with maturities between three and five years.
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Stefan Rinauer has taken the reins at Société Générale’s euro medium term note desk, GlobalCapital can reveal, replacing Ariane Uzan.
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Cyprus’s re-emergence into the capital markets this week with a private placement has some public sector bankers pushing for a syndication — a deal which would mark the quickest comeback to issuance from a bailed-out eurozone sovereign. But the escalating tensions over the Ukraine crisis between Russia and the West could dampen the country’s prospects. -
Finnish and German municipalities have changed their approach to funding this year. Finnish municipalities are mulling private placements, while their German peers are moving away from the bond markets.
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Land Saxony-Anhalt could follow Land Nordrhein-Westfalen’s lead and print more private placements in niche currencies this year, according to MTN bankers. Land NRW sold the first Brazilian real deal from a German sub-sovereign this week.
