BofA: deluge of hyperscaler issuance steady at US$100bn in 2026
According to Yuri Seliger and Sohyun Marie Lee, credit strategists at Bank of America, in a note published on 17 November, the total of...
Issuance tracking down in lower rated debt
Issuance of lower rated bonds and leveraged loans across Europe and the US fell in October, according to analysis by investment bank Morgan Stanley,...
Analysing concern around Japan’s government bond issuance and interdealer inefficiency
The appointment of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister has drawn comparisons with two of the...
September takes the biscuit in new issues
September did not disappoint in its delivery of high issuance in the US for corporate bonds across both investment grade and high yield. Monthly...
Issuance up in lower rated debt
Analysis by Morgan Stanley’s team has found that, despite the slowing down of bond issuance globally in August, the higher levels of activity in...
September explodes with new corporate bonds
Traders report expectations of outsized corporate bond issuance, with up to US$60 billion expected in US investment grade issuance, and reached $53 billion last...
European debt is standing up for primary markets
Global debt capital market (DCM) deal count year-to-date is down 5% year on year, according to Dealogic data. However, the local market pictures present...
American primary debt markets keep humming
Dealogic data show US debt capital market (DCM) issuance is little changed year on year (YoY) in aggregate: 2025 year-to-date (YtD) totals US$1.97 trillion...
Year-to-date issuance higher in corporate bonds as leveraged loans drop
Issuance of corporate debt in the US and European markets is looking relatively strong year to date, however loans have tailed off significantly, according...
Second quarter issuance recovers after soft April and May
Morgan Stanley has reported that June issuance increased 13% year-on-year (YoY) following a 34% drop in April and 3% decline in May.
“Strong June issuance...
