FDIC drive to issue US bank debt
Banks in the US have been asked by Government agencies to issue new debt to support their stability under a new proposal by the...
Rising rates but falling demand
Analysis by JP Morgan’s Global Markets Strategy team, Nikos Panigirtzoglou, Mika Inkinen and Mayur Yeole has cast an interesting light on the prospects for...
The US: Too big to Fitch?
Ratings agency Fitch has downgraded the United States’ long-term credit ratings to AA+ from AAA and removed the rating ‘Watch Negative’ stating “ reflects...
Issuance pushes outstanding global debt up 6.2%
Companies around the world took on US$456 billion of net new debt in 2022/23, as of 31 March 2023, pushing the outstanding total up...
Examining the (Thames) Water fall
In 2013 when markets still looked precarious amid the fallout from the financial crisis, utilities were a good investment.
With a near cast-iron cashflow...
Aligning issuance and recession risk
Data from Dealogic is indicating highly variable bond issuance patterns in the US, European Union and UK markets, year-to-date.
This is understandable given the rapidly...
High yield issuance may bounce back
The data for Q1 bond issuance in European high yield (HY) markets shows that it fell 22.7% according to the Association for Financial Markets...
DLT – What is the value in primary markets?
A recent study prepared on behalf of the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA) by Boston Consulting Group, Cravath, Swaine, and Moore LLP, and Clifford...
The UK’s inflation-linked notes getting snapped up
Data from Parameta, the TP ICAP company data and analytics provider, shows the five-year breakeven inflation rate for the UK, which represents a measure...
Issuance and inflows paint more positive picture for EM liquidity
Over the past week emerging markets (EM) credit issuance saw US$7.6 billion in newly issued bonds, against US£900k the week before, while on the...
