Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's (CM) $1.5 billion three-year note has launched, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The bond, due to price later Tuesday, launched at 75 basis points over Treasurys.

The bond, rated Aa2/A+/AA-, is jointly led by Barclays Capital, Citigroup Inc., JP Morgan Chase & Co. and CIBC.

Proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, as per the term sheet.

Also Tuesday, France Telecom's $750 million five-year note has launched, according to a person familair with the matter.

The bond, rated A3/A-/A-, and joint led by Citigroup, HSBC and Morgan Stanley, has launched at 82 basis points over comparable Treasurys.

These bonds are among a flood of new bonds in the investment-grade corporate bond market. So far on Tuesday alone, bonds valued at over $8 billion have been issued. This exceeds the total volume issued in September last year, when bonds worth $5.35 billion were sold, according to data provider Dealogic.

The heightened issuance is a result of low interest rates and investor appetite for high-quality bonds as they put their money to work.

Among the issuers are Aon Corp. (AON), International CCS and Home Depot (HD) with $1 billion notes each, Dell Inc. (DELL) with a $1.5 billion bond, Hospira Inc. (HSP) with a $500 million 30-year bond and Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI) with a $500 million note.

Dell's $1.5 billion three-part note has maturities of three, five and 30 years. Joint leads on the deal are Barclays Capital, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.

The use of proceeds is listed as general corporate purposes and the bond is expected to price on Tuesday.

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (PCS) is in the market with a $500 million registered senior note due 2018.

The joint bookrunning managers are J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., and the co-manager is Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI) is in the market with a $500 million two-part note.

Health Care Reit, Inc. (HCN), is also in the market with a $400 million 7-year note, according to a term sheet. Joint leads on the note, rated Baa2/BBB-/BBB, are Barclays, JP Morgan Chase & Co. and UBS.

-By Anusha Shrivastava, Dow Jones Newswires; 212-416-2227; anusha.shrivastava@dowjones.com

 
 
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