JP Morgan expects the investment banking and trading boom to continue in the current quarter. 

Canadian banks started the year off right – breaking revenue records driven by investment banking and trading gains, and committing to support their country’s defence buildup in the face of a global trend towards increased security spending. 

Demand for newly issued bonds has never been as strong, according to a new analysis from Barclays, as a broader set of investors piling into corporate credit in recent years has made it easier than ever for companies to borrow money in public debt markets.

Robert Koller has re-emerged six months after the demise of his last sprawling fintech business to set out the vision for his new AI-driven platform fundingDesk, or fDesk. He has slashed his NowCM brand product offering, alongside many overheads and has used AI to create a product that streamlines the manual steps and cut issuers' costs associated with debt issuance. 

Japanese telecoms company NTT was in the euro, sterling and US dollar Formosa markets on Wednesday raising US$3.67bn-equivalent as part of its efforts to diversify its funding sources at attractive pricing levels.

Electricite de France raised questions over whether it will draw down on a £1.5bn private credit line available to the company this year, after it turned to the public euro market for a trade earmarked with the same use of proceeds.

Romania brought its long-awaited first international transaction of the year to the market on Wednesday, with a €4.7bn-equivalent dual-currency offering as it took advantage of a boost in sentiment following news of the government’s fiscal consolidation plans.

Indonesia continued its borrowing spree on Wednesday with a Rmb9.25bn (US$1.3bn) triple-tranche Dim Sum and a €2.7bn (US$3.2bn) triple-tranche euro bond in the sovereign's biggest combined offering in offshore markets.

The reception of Lloyds Bank’s latest Dutch RBMS underscored that there is sustained investor appetite for Dutch collateral and the broader positive tone surrounding European securitisations. 

The Financial Conduct Authority’s plan to ease red tape and simplify the UK securitisation regime has been welcomed by market participants, who see the regulator's moves as helping kickstart a revival in an industry that has yet to return to pre-financial crisis highs.

Refinancings and resets that dominated the European CLO primary market at the start of the year are finally giving way to new issue CLOs. The dynamic has flipped, as CLO spreads push wider in the face of AI-fuelled jitters in the software industry, making resets and refis less economically appealing for managers. 

A sale of Spanish auto loans from Stellantis’ Spanish unit received a strong reception last week, boding well for the first Italian securitisation deal this year – originated by Hyundai Capital.  

Legal & General is committing as much as US$1bn to credit-enhanced emerging markets development investing that will include both sovereign debt-for-development swaps and new structures. 

Green bonds are off to a strong start in 2026 with US$84.4bn issued globally this year, showing a healthy 12% increase on the US$75.7bn issued at the same time in 2025, according to LSEG data. 

Three companies have recently reported missing 2025 targets on sustainability-linked bonds in what is expected to be a "watershed year" for the instrument that will provide insight into the energy transition, according to research by the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute. 

An emerging markets transition debt strategy launched two years ago with heavyweight institutional support is approaching its first US$1bn in assets under management as asset owners, even in the seemingly ESG-hostile US, increase exposure to the EM transition theme.

French construction company Vinci has capitalised on a strong run in Groupe ADP shares by issuing a €500m five-year exchangeable bond into the Paris airport operator in which it has an 8% stake.

Bangkok-listed Minor International is working with Citigroup and DBS on a Singapore Exchange real estate investment trust IPO of up to S$700m (US$553m) in the second half of this year, people with knowledge of the transaction said.

Medtronic is moving ahead with plans to carve out its MiniMed Group diabetes unit by launching a Nasdaq IPO on Tuesday that would value the fast-growing subsidiary at up to US$7.86bn.

Whirlpool agitated the investor cycle late on Tuesday by raising an upsized US$1bn offering of stock and a mandatory convertible bond to plug against the appliance maker’s flagging credit ratings.

A JP Morgan-led bank group has begun premarketing more than US$5bn of debt to back software provider Qualtrics’ acquisition of healthcare analytics company Press Ganey Forsta, testing investors' appetite for technology risk when confidence in the sector is under pressure.

The biggest leveraged buyout ever could start out with a blemish after most bondholders of Electronic Arts declined the company’s offer to buy back their notes at a discount to par.

Blue Owl Capital's business development companies, already under pressure from market-wide concerns about weaknesses in private credit, are now facing a new challenge from activist investors. 

EMEA corporate acquisition financing is on the rebound after an underwhelming 2025 as corporate strategic consolidation continues across sectors despite ongoing challenges from tariffs, geopolitical uncertainty, regulatory complexity and valuation gaps.

Full-year earnings from European banks – Barclays, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, Societe Generale and UBS – showed them broadly holding market share in the markets’ business, but struggling to capitalise on the upswing in investment banking. 

The repo market is the heartbeat of bond markets. Like a real heartbeat, when all is well, there is nothing more boring. But when things go wrong … watch out.

The AI boom has been backed by investor enthusiasm – and their money – on an unprecedented scale. Investment bankers have high hopes of a huge year for deals. But just like the broader economy, will this be a K-shaped market for tech deals?

How stable is a stablecoin? That is a question that S&P attempts to answer via its Global Ratings’ Stablecoin Stability Assessment, a product designed to quantify a stablecoin’s ability to maintain its peg to a fiat currency. It produces a score from 1, very strong, to 5, weak.