MunHyp inaugural AT1 rounds off ‘perfect year’ in Swiss francs

It is hard to think of a more suitable candidate to have opened the Swiss franc market for additional tier one (AT1) issuance to foreign borrowers than Munchener Hypothekenbank (MunHyp). With a loan book in Switzerland of just over Sfr5bn ($5.01bn), the Munich-based mortgage bank is one of the few international borrowers with a natural funding requirement in Swiss francs, which is why it has been a prolific issuer in the currency over the past year.