Commercial Paper

If your organisation needs to raise short-term capital, and you want the flexibility of a bank loan combined with the broad investor base and lower pricing of a bond, Fortis Merchant Banking's CP professionals are ideally positioned to help.

Our clients

Fortis' dedicated commercial paper specialists serve the needs of organisations around the world, on both sides of the CP fence. For our issuance services, our clients are most often corporates, banks or real estate companies. Our investors, on the other hand, include:

• financial institutions 
• mutual funds 
• corporates 
• public investors 
• insurance companies

How we can help you

Our experienced CP bankers will first analyse your specific needs, and then structure and launch an instrument with your desired attributes, including the issue's:

• timing and amount
• currency and denomination
• maturity

Fortis will contact issuers or investors as needed on your behalf, and help you with introductions within the group to relevant services.

We can also offer cross-selling of derivative products, such as EONIA swaps, for up to two years. Our dealers sell CP via Fortis' international network of branches, but beyond selling paper, they also pass feedback from investors in the market directly to issuers.

Fortis Merchant Banking: the right choice

Fortis was the first bank to deal with commercial paper in the regulated and historically competitive BeNeLux market. We've been in the business since 1991, and have amassed a wealth of knowledge and experience, along with a solid track record. Our real placing power allows us to accept issuances starting from EUR 250,000 from rated and non-rated companies, and are active in more 105 treasury bill programs.