The Japanese government bond yield curve has steepened sharply in reaction to the surprise election of Sanae Takaichi on Saturday as the new leader of the Liberal Democratic Party and thus prospective prime minister.

The Reserve Bank of India has proposed to relax external commercial borrowing rules for Indian companies to make it easier for them to access the offshore markets, according to a draft framework released on October 3.

Global M&A activity topped US$1trn last quarter for the first time in more than three years, sparking optimism that a pickup in investment banking fees will accelerate into 2026.

Jefferies Financial Group reported record revenue from M&A advisory in its last financial quarter as a revival in dealmaking continued – offering a promising signal to big rivals due to report in the coming weeks.

Getty Images is offering a double-digit yield on its first US junk bond in over six years as the company seeks to entice investors concerned over how artificial intelligence will impact its business of selling stock images and other visual content.

European lenders Piraeus and Swedbank navigated a session waylaid by adverse political headlines on Monday to secure strong euro bond transactions, with the former smashing records for Greek Additional Tier 1 pricing with a €600m perpetual non-call seven-year offering.

The European Union faces another complicated market for its next syndication after the resignation of yet another French prime minister and recent proposals for a €140bn loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets 

Container ship operator Danaos on Monday mandated banks for an expected US$500m seven-year senior unsecured bond, with the issuer highlighting its improved performance since its 2021 visit to the high-yield market as a major selling point.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking public comments on whether it is time to relax disclosure requirements to encourage more public-registered offerings of non-agency mortgage bonds.

US asset-backed issuance rang up its biggest third-quarter volume in the post-credit crisis era as issuers continued to take advantage of favourable funding conditions and keen investor demand.

Dunkin' Brands is serving up a US$900m whole business securitisation, taking advantage of strong demand in this corner of the ABS market.

Supply from relatively rarely seen jurisdictions is landing in the market, with two from Portugal and one from the Netherlands. Nevertheless, market participants are starting to question the resilience of spreads following several weeks of sustained ABS dealflow after the summer.

The UN Environment Programme has launched a tool to help banks engage with clients on nature, underscoring the growing focus on nature-related disclosure in the financial services industry. 

The International Finance Corp’s recent collateralised loan obligation is set to ramp up the fledgling multilateral development bank securitisation market, ushering in regular issuance, new names and even potential commingled deals with multiple loan originators.

The decision by Italian utility Enel to turn its back on sustainability-linked bonds and issue only conventional debt is driving debate about the implications for the company and the future of the asset class it pioneered. 

GreenieRE, an impact-focused reinsurance startup funded by the US National Green Bank, is rolling out first-of-its-kind surety bonds to lower financing barriers for early-stage clean energy projects.

Domestic investors comprised 55% of the 149 anchor investors that agreed to buy 30.5m shares in LG Electronics India's Rs116bn (US$1.31bn) IPO.

Swedish home security business Verisure is giving a little back on its mammoth €3.155bn Nasdaq Stockholm IPO, with final guidance coming just below the top of the range despite the ability to price at the maximum.

Fermi secured US$682.5m from its Nasdaq/LSE IPO on Tuesday to underpin what is one of the most dramatic financial ramp-ups ever, assisting the nine-month-old startup’s ambitions to become a preeminent supplier of power to AI hyperscalers.

The US government shutdown has the IPO market in a seizure.

Factoring and supply chain finance, once considered savvy tools for companies to manage cashflow, are once again under the microscope of leveraged loan investors after the spectacular blowup of US auto parts supplier First Brands. 

Syndicated lending in EMEA totalled US$1.01trn in the first nine months of the year, a 16.9% increase on the previous year, according to LPC data, as the market proved resilient in the face of tariff volatility.

Global Infrastructure Partners has launched a US$530m loan to construct a data centre in Thailand, the first syndicated loan that will fund the kingdom’s emergence as South-East Asia’s second-largest market for the rapidly growing industry.

US borrowers raised over US$845bn via the broadly syndicated loan market in the third quarter, a 5% decrease compared to the second quarter, but a 21% jump compared to a year ago, pushing issuance for the first nine months of the year to US$2.54trn.