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SECONDARY MARKETS
Is Europe’s consolidated tape already shaping trade sizes?
Trade sizes in Europe’s corporate bond markets are aligning across investment grade (IG) and high yield (HY) sectors, while the US markets are still seeing a clear division between IG and HY trades, according...
Risk-off showing in corporate bond trading costs
The rigid grip on safer assets that investors have taken over the past two weeks has clearly shown in trading costs as bid-ask spreads begin to widen in credit markets, according to MarketAxess data....
PRIMARY MARKETS
Corporate issuance begins February weighted towards Europe and IG
The US is seeing a drop off in lower grade debt issuance so far in 2026, relative to 2025 levels, while higher grade US debt, and European markets are seeing issuance growing, potentially reflecting...
Big deals in January as UBS predicts record year for US issuance
Corporate bond issuance started the year hot, with over US$211 billion issued globally in the week beginning 4 January, however numbers dropped off pretty fast, relative to recent months, according to LSEG data.
Year-to-date the...
