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Domestic Deals

FDIC Prices First Note Offering

March 5, 2010 - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), in an effort to get rid of residential and construction loan assets from failed banks, has priced two note offerings totaling $1.8 billion...

Agnico-Eagle Digs for Gold in PP Market

March 5, 2010 - Barclays and BASML launch private placement deal for Agnico-Eagle…

Barclays Working on Three FDIC 'Note' Deals

March 4, 2010 - Barclays Capital is taking orders from investors on at least one Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) structured note deal with two others on the way...

Lukewarm February

March 3, 2010 - Things have been better, but they have also been worse. February and its middle-of-the-road performance...

Mount Prairie Wind Blows into PP Market

March 2, 2010 - BNP Paribas has launched a private placement deal for Mount Prairie Wind…

Are Delayed Draw Downs Too Late to the Party?

March 1, 2010 - Some agents are using delayed draw downs as a selling point for the private placement market. But is it working?

Pricing Update: Peoples Gas

February 19, 2010 - Peoples raises $411 million with the help of BNP Paribas...

January Blues

February 18, 2010 - On the back of strong Q4 volume, there were high hopes for January. Yet the PP market has been left wondering, what went wrong?

Can Floating Rates Fly?

February 10, 2010 - Floating rates could be a way to increase new issuance, but will they fly with the PP buyside…

Peoples Returns to PP Market

February 10, 2010 - Repeat issuer Peoples Gas taps private placement market…

A 20% Solution?

February 8, 2010 - Morrison & Foerster professionals say it may be time to reconsider the need for regulations related to certain private placements

Vanguard sneaks $650m out of PP market

February 4, 2010 - In a hush-hush deal, Vanguard raised 650 million…

ETT raises $225m via Citi

January 28, 2010 - Electric Transmission Texas (ETT) raised $225 million on the private bond market last week, with the help of Citigroup…

Return of the NAIC-3?

January 21, 2010 - With growing risk appetite, some private placement professionals say insurers may once again feel comfortable investing in companies rated NAIC-3...

Eurobonds Steal Piece of PP Pie

January 13, 2010 - A greater number of issuers have been turning to the eurobond market. Yet, the private bond market still has its benefits…