Defence company Czechoslovak Group on Wednesday launched an IPO of up to €4bn that should complete the industry's transition from ESG pariah to strategic necessity as a broad range of investors prepare to invest.
Global banks’ trading divisions will report their largest ever revenue haul in 2025, surpassing their previous 2009 record after stripping out proprietary trading activities that these firms have long since jettisoned.
It’s back on! The top investment banks are entering 2026 with the same swagger and enthusiasm they had entering 2025, confident that a multi-year boom cycle in investment banking is underway – and hopeful that not even US president Donald Trump can blow it off course.
The US Treasury department’s clarification over its outbound investment rules is expected to make it easier for US investors to invest in certain Chinese technology IPOs, but legal uncertainty remains.
Commitments in for Oracle's mega data centre financing
Lender commitments have come in for the full US$38bn project finance package backing two Oracle data centres, according to sources, although the loans have not yet closed.
After days of limited issuance activity, several banks made the most of a much-improved risk-on market backdrop on Thursday with transactions that included the first capital prints of the week.
Cades finds new US dollar level following downgrades
Caisse d'Amortissement de la Dette Sociale has cleared the first US dollar deal from a French agency since the sovereign was downgraded to Single A, resolving some of the uncertainty clouding issuers in the sector late last year.
Severn Trent, EP Infrastructure and Blackstone Property Partners Europe Holdings made the most of a bullish market on Thursday at the end of a rollercoaster week thanks to US president Donald Trump’s Greenland ambitions.
A quick glance at investment bank share prices over the past year tells a story: business is booming and the outlook is rosy. The question now, in the middle of reporting and bonus season, is how much of the profits will bank bosses have to give away to their staff.
Dimon at Davos: Supports Nato, sees credit card cap as a 'disaster'
JP Morgan chief executive Jamie Dimon expects his bank to have fewer jobs in five years' time as AI impacts working trends, and said a cap on credit card fees in the US would be an “economic disaster”.
Swedish private equity firm EQT is buying UK-based secondaries firm Coller Capital for up to US$3.7bn to widen its scale and reach across private markets.
(Reuters) - TD Bank has recruited half a dozen senior bankers in New York from top North American banks to boost its debt and equity capital market businesses, senior executives told Reuters.
After days of limited issuance activity, several banks made the most of a much-improved risk-on market backdrop on Thursday with transactions that included the first capital prints of the week.
Cades finds new US dollar level following downgrades
Caisse d'Amortissement de la Dette Sociale has cleared the first US dollar deal from a French agency since the sovereign was downgraded to Single A, resolving some of the uncertainty clouding issuers in the sector late last year.
Severn Trent, EP Infrastructure and Blackstone Property Partners Europe Holdings made the most of a bullish market on Thursday at the end of a rollercoaster week thanks to US president Donald Trump’s Greenland ambitions.
The Australian Office of Financial Management smoothly raised A$15bn (US$10bn) on Wednesday from an initial sale of 4.75% October 21 2037 bonds that drew the second-biggest book on record for the sovereign issuer.
A new issuer from the UAE financials sector entered the international bond market on Thursday, offering investors relative value against regional peers.
Blackstone brought the first European CMBS of the year on Wednesday, pricing the logistics-backed securitisation at an attractive spread that underscores how strong investor appetite has continued from last year's rebound in issuance.
Increased leveraged buyout activity and the resulting uptick in loan financings should mean another strong year for the US CLO asset class, which some bank analysts predict could see another year of record volume, repeating 2025's performance.
UK RMBS issuance from Santander UK and Vida Bank met a warm reception as investors returned from the holiday break with cash to deploy, driving strong demand and spread-tightening during execution
Solvency II changes could boost demand for CLOs' Triple As
Upcoming changes to the European Union’s Solvency II regime are expected to make the CLO market more attractive to insurers and could support additional demand from asset managers, according to analysts.
The buoyant state of the social bond sector was on clear display on Wednesday as two key supranationals – the Central American Bank for Economic Integration and International Finance Corporation – drew nearly US$15bn of investor demand for a landmark pair of US dollar benchmarks that included CABEI’s largest ever issue.
Morningstar Sustainalytics' exit from SPOs raises questions
The decision by Morningstar Sustainalytics to leave the second-party opinion business for labelled sustainable finance after describing itself as a "recognised market leader" less than a year ago has raised questions about the firm's role and the broader relevance of SPOs.
Rapid developments in nuclear energy in the US and worldwide mean the market could see a broader array of green and conventional financing in 2026 as the sector emerges as the best way to power artificial intelligence.
UBS rebrands ESG advisory team, widens mandate to include AI
UBS has rebranded its ESG advisory team, widening its mandate to include artificial intelligence and other sustainable themes, as the Swiss bank looks to give the team a more "future-focused approach" amid a wider industry rethink around ESG principles.
Turkey is considering issuing a green, social or sustainable bond this year as the country prepares to host the UN-sponsored COP31 climate meeting in November.
BitGo vaults into public markets with US$212.8m IPO
BitGo established itself as a foundation for the future of crypto financing by raising US$212.8m from its NYSE IPO late Wednesday, amid high investor demand that resulted in tight investor allocations.
WhiteFiber engineers funding solution on upsized US$210m CB
WhiteFiber employed a high-cost derivative as part of an upsized US$210m convertible bond issued overnight Wednesday, resulting in gross proceeds raised of just US$90m but offsetting the bulk of the potential stock dilution from the CB.
Walmart, Microsoft and Tiger Global are selling shares in Indian digital payments company PhonePe’s IPO, which people with knowledge of the transaction said could raise up to Rs120bn (US$1.31bn).
Clear Street pivots to Nasdaq IPO to fund growth ambitions
Clear Street filed documents Tuesday for a Nasdaq IPO after securing key support from institutional investors late last year through a late-stage private round.
Netflix raises bridge loan size as it moves to all-cash WBD offer
Netflix has increased a bridge loan to back its US$82.7bn offer to acquire Warner Bros Discovery’s streaming and studios business in conjunction with a switch to an all-cash offer meant to head off rival suitor Paramount Skydance’s US$108.4bn all-cash bid for the entirety of WBD.
French online gaming and sport betting company Betclic has priced a €1.5bn and an upsized US$750m senior secured term loan B that, alongside €1bn of senior secured notes, will be used to finance the acquisition of betting firm Tipico.
Pharmaceutical services company Cencora has entered into US$4.5bn of loans in connection with its approximately US$4.9bn acquisition of the outstanding shares in oncologist network OneOncology that it does not already own.
UK housing associations continue to raise loans backing the construction and the refurbishment of social and affordable homes as they look to address the burgeoning housing crisis.
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