The Climate Bonds Initiative has approved S&P Global Ratings as an external reviewer under its global climate bonds standard and certification scheme in a move that is expected to help issuance of sustainable debt.

Bank of America expects its markets revenue in the current quarter to be up almost 10% from a year earlier, to continue a four-year run of rising trading revenues.

Lazard has appointed Raymond McGuire and Tim Donahue as co-heads of financial advisory for North America in addition to their current respective roles as president of the firm and global head of capital solutions.

Senior US bank executives are hopeful the end of the year should see a strong flurry of investment banking activity. So far in December, a bid battle has broken out for film studio Warner Bros between Netflix and Paramount, the biggest deal announced in 2025.

An upgrade by Fitch earlier this week capped a full revival of Oman’s investment-grade credit ratings from all three of the big agencies.

Bonds issued by CABB Group have leapt after the speciality chemicals company said it plans to sell one of its assets, with the move expected to ease any near-term refinancing pressure.

Belgian insurer Ageas showed that demand for capital remains high even as the year-end nears, bringing a highly sought-after €450m perpetual non-call nine-year Restricted Tier 1 on Tuesday. The deal quickly followed the announcement of a two-leg M&A transaction with BNP Paribas. 

Blackstone is preparing to pay itself a US$231m dividend as part of a jumbo commercial mortgage bond sale backed by one of the private equity firm’s retail and entertainment complexes on the Las Vegas Strip.

Landmark Dividend is returning to the ABS market with its first ever cell tower securitization, adding to a growing list of deals backed by the real-estate management company's diverse portfolio of assets.

A US$271.5m bond backed by student housing revenues will test investor demand for the rare property type, which has been challenged by rising delinquencies.

About US$350bn of US CLOs may be refinanced or reset next year as investors take advantage of tightening spreads across the capital structure to improve returns to investors in the most junior portion of the funds. 

The World Bank has raised US$200m from a "clean cooking" outcome bond to support the use of more environmentally friendly cooking stoves in Ghana. 

HSBC has been accused of "climate backsliding" as the bank continues its push to commercialise its approach to sustainability and frame it as a driver of growth. 

LondonMetric Property landed a successful debut deal in the sterling market on Wednesday through a £500m dual-tranche green bond offering.

TotalEnergies Renewables Indian Ocean has raised Rs27.2bn (US$302m) through an upsized selldown in India's Adani Green Energy.

CoreWeave made an incredibly bullish statement by spending a lot of the money raised from the sale of a US$2.25bn convertible bond on an equity derivative to offset stock dilution to a super high share price.

EquipmentShare.com publicly filed documents Tuesday morning for a Nasdaq IPO that would provide it money for continued expansion as well as allow existing backers to cash out.

Barings is on track to post a record year for its European middle market direct lending business despite muted M&A activity, after defending and capitalising on its longstanding position as an incumbent lender.

US-based engineering company Crane NXT has priced a €430m term loan B that will be used to fund the acquisition of Italian multinational technology company Antares Vision.

Competing bids to acquire Warner Bros Discovery – in whole or in part – backed by mammoth bridge loan financings are setting the stage for a quick start to 2026. They further signal a positive shift in market sentiment since economic volatility earlier in the year stilled confidence.