Considerations for Foreign Banks Financing in the United States 2016 Update (PDF)

Authors: Bradley Berman,  Ze’-ev D. Eiger,  Lloyd S. Harmetz,  Jerry R. Marlatt,  Anna T. Pinedo

Financial institutions, including foreign banks, regularly access the capital markets and seek to diversify their funding alternatives.

Foreign banks may seek to access the US capital markets without subjecting themselves to registration with, and oversight by, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

This brief summary is intended to outline the most common capital raising approaches used by foreign banks, and the issues that foreign banks should consider in structuring offerings of securities, certificates of deposit, or commercial paper in the United States.

Considerations for Foreign Banks Financing in the United States 2016 Update (PDF)

We also discuss continuous offering programmes, such as bank note and medium-term note programmes, since these are used by foreign banks that are frequent issuers.

Finally, we address issuances of covered bonds and structured products into the United States. We hope that this overview provides a helpful guide.

Considerations for Foreign Banks Financing in the United States 2016 Update (PDF)