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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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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.
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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.
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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. -
KfW has made its first ever foray into Indian rupees and it is keen to do more in the currency. It joins a growing band of supranationals and agencies dabbling in the currency's offshore and onshore bond markets.
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Medium term note investors could be forced to swallow negative yields on private placements following dramatic pricing moves, after the European Central Bank’s announcement of quantitative easing last week. The first ever such deals are thought to have been sold this week, as supranationals and agencies tightened levels after the ECB’s decision.
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The Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt has sold its third ever sterling private MTN and is looking to print nearly half of its 2015 funding target through private placements, in any liquid currencies it can find.
