Aon has issued US$13.5 billion in senior notes. Proceeds, estimated to be US$13.4 billion, are expected to be used to repay debt related to Aon North America’s (ANA) US$17 million USI Insurance Services cash acquisition,...

American pharmaceutical research and development firm AbbVie issued US$10 billion in bonds during August. Split across nine tranches, net proceeds from the notes are expected to be used to fund cash payment obligations connected to...

Alphabet, the holding company of Google, completed the largest corporate bond issuance globally this month with US$24.15 billion in US dollar-denominated bonds. The firm accomplished a similar achievement last May, with a combination of US...

Jane Street has issued US$14.6 billion in senior secured notes as it restructures its corporate funding profile. The bumper issuance dwarfs the market maker’s activity to date; last April it issued US$1.35 billion in senior...

Amazon issued US$25 billion in debt in July, making it the most active corporate issuer of the month. The company reported US$27.5 billion in operating income in its Q2 results, up 43% year-on-year. The US dollar-denominated...

EchoStar’s notional debt outstanding increased by US$7.64 billion between May and June. On 28 July, the company repaid all outstanding obligations of its 7.75% senior notes, which were due 1 July and valued at US$2...

BondAuction has announced its closure, citing a lack of market adoption. The platform was designed to improve transparency and efficiency in syndicated bond issuance and enhance price discovery. A live transaction with The Housing Finance...

Euroclear is planning an issuer services expansion, entering into negotiations to acquire French corporate trust services provider Uptevia. The acquisition will allow Euroclear to offer a wider range of issuer services, it said, and reinforce...

MarketAxess, the operator of a fixed-income electronic trading platform, is developing an ecosystem to give clients access to primary markets and the ability to trade immediately in the secondary market. Gareth Coltman, head of products,...

Bloomberg and DirectBooks integration lays new tracks to drive primary bond market efficiencies and automation   FILS Boston – Bloomberg and DirectBooks’ integration lays new tracks aimed at driving primary bond market efficiencies and automation, linking...

  MarketAxess and DirectBooks are moving their bond market partnership into its next phase, expanding the integration of DirectBooks’ new-issue data and workflow tools within the MarketAxess trading platform. Speaking at the Fixed Income Leaders’...

Credit calm masks a trillion-dollar AI issuance wave By Janaka Ariyasena, HY Credit Trader and Portfolio Manager. Ex Seaport Europe and Rubrics Asset Management. Credit markets have absorbed a relentless supply wave with notable composure, AI-driven...