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  • Short term debt opportunities are opening for public sector borrowers as European money market funds move to the asset class at the expense of banks, which are posting tighter and tighter levels and cutting supply in euro commercial paper.
  • Santander has appointed a head of MTNs and structured notes, hiring a seasoned MTNs banker from a rival firm after its previous desk head moved elsewhere in the bank.
  • A pair of French sub-sovereigns have printed medium term notes over the past week and more are expected to follow as they approve their budgets for 2015. Despite the upcoming capital markets debut from France’s answer to Municipality Finance, Agence France Locale, issuance from France’s local authorities is set to continue and even grow, according to MTN bankers.
  • Private placement investors are having to confront negative yields up to five years on the maturity curve as the European Central Bank’s announcement of quantitative easing and a flight to safety after concerns over the stability of the euro drive spreads in Europe even tighter. While some investors are buying structured notes to gain a positive return, some may have no other option.
  • International Finance Corporation has become the most recent supranational to print in Russian roubles, following close behind a trio of its peers that made rare appearances in the currency last week. High yields in the currency, despite Russia’s central bank cutting its key interest rate, have bankers expecting more supply to come.
  • The International Finance Corporation has become the most recent supranational to print in Russian roubles, following close behind a trio of its peers that made rare appearances in the currency last week. High yields in the currency, despite Russia’s central bank cutting its key interest rate, have bankers expecting more supply to come.