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The market for corporate debt private placements

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  • Nicola Branzoli

    (Banca d'Italia)

  • Giovanni Guazzarotti

    (Banca d'Italia)

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The paper describes the characteristics of the market for private placements and discusses the necessary conditions for their uptake in Europe. A private placement is a method of financing used mainly by medium-sized companies which, unable to access the public bond market, turn to one or more large institutional investors. Compared to a public offering, a private placement is characterized by: i) lower costs of issue, ii) greater contractual flexibility, iii) lower size and lower secondary market liquidity, iv) lower information asymmetry between investors and issuers. The development of the market for private placements, one of the European Commission�s initiatives for the Capital Markets Union, can help companies to finance long-term investments and contribute to the development of the public bond market. A wider use of private placements in Europe is hindered by the fact that non-bank intermediaries are small in size, there is a lack of financial information about medium-sized companies, and the regulations and market practices across Europe are not yet sufficiently harmonized.

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  • Nicola Branzoli & Giovanni Guazzarotti, 2015. "The market for corporate debt private placements," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers) 262, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
    • Handle: RePEc:bdi:opques:qef_262_15
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    Keywords

    debt financing; corporate bonds; private placement;
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    JEL classification:

    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
    • G24 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • G38 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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