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Securitisation is not dead

Securitisation is not dead

By Michael Heise, chief economist Allianz Group/Dresdner Bank

June 2006

Corporates: GE extends euro corporate FRN frontier

Floating rate notes are typically a short-dated bank product traditionally aimed at other banks’ treasuries. Is this the start of a new trend?




General Electric Capital Corp brought a €1 billion 15-year floating rate note via Lehman Brothers and BSCH last month. This unusual transaction is the first broadly distributed euro senior corporate floating rate note with a long-dated tenor and is consistent with the continued theme of strong demand for FRNs in a rising rate environment, particularly from non-traditional FRN investors.

Floaters

“I do not think that too many corporates can access the 15-year euro FRN market, which...


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