Bankers preparing to pitch for leading roles on the record-busting IPOs being prepared by OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceX have brushed off recent market volatility, insisting that the three US$50bn-plus deals can still get done this year, even after a selloff in leading technology stocks.
Mexico has set a new benchmark for sovereign sustainable finance with an updated framework that accommodates an unprecedented array of ESG labels – including badges like biodiversity, nature and resilience/adaptation – while also integrating the country’s sustainable taxonomy.
Volumes in equity options that expire the same day they’re traded have hit a new record this month as more institutional investors have turned to the ultra-short-dated derivatives to shield themselves against the market fallout from the war in Iran.
Military drone maker Aevex has filed for an NYSE IPO that will raise funds to repay debt and also allow backer Madison Dearborn to begin taking profits on its investment.
Korea National Oil Corporation and LG Energy Solution sold the first public US dollar bonds out of South Korea since the outbreak of the Middle East conflict, raising US$1.2bn and US$1.6bn, respectively.
Through its first euro covered bond of 2026, ING Bank confirmed issuers can keep investors engaged and take size in a difficult market, providing they are open-handed with new issue premium concessions.
SSA supply spotty ahead of bigger post-Easter mandates
Piecemeal supply is set to characterise this week's benchmark SSA business, according to bankers, ahead of the larger deals targeting the market after the Easter holidays.
IFR parent company and data provider LSEG is looking to become the first corporate issuer to have retail investor-targeted bonds under the FCA’s new prospectus regime introduced in January.
Tricky execution sees EdgeConneX's debut CMBS hit by downgrade
EdgeConneX has become a casualty of the recent volatility in the European securitisation market after Fitch downgraded the class A2 notes of the US data centre operator's debut European deal just a week after it priced.
Sealed Air's US$10bn LBO financing tested by war worries and Multi-Color fallout
CD&R is back in the leveraged finance market with a US$10bn-plus financing for packaging company Sealed Air but the sponsor's previous issues with portfolio company Multi-Color and potential higher prices caused by the Iran war have prompted investors to take a cautious approach to the deal.
Private credit mishaps are coming at us with such speed and intensity that many of the stories are blurring into one. But rather than the private credit crisis dragging banks down, it might give them an opportunity to play offensively in this space.
Volatility pushes zero-day S&P 500 volumes to new record
Volumes in equity options that expire the same day they’re traded have hit a new record this month as more institutional investors have turned to the ultra-short-dated derivatives to shield themselves against the market fallout from the war in Iran.
Moves – StanChart hires Matthiessen to lead CIB transactions and digital assets team
Standard Chartered has hired Ole Matthiessen from Deutsche Bank to lead a new global transaction services and digital assets team in its corporate and investment bank.
Bank of America has set up a private capital M&A group within its global mergers and acquisitions business to provide "differentiated and tailored advice" to its private equity clients.
Ciao CAIO: banks appoint AI chiefs as use ramps up
HSBC has appointed its first chief AI officer, tasked with leading artificial intelligence adoption across the firm, to join a small group of banks to appoint a specific AI leader as the industry ramps up use with the twin goal of creating efficiencies and getting an edge.
IFR parent company and data provider LSEG is looking to become the first corporate issuer to have retail investor-targeted bonds under the FCA’s new prospectus regime introduced in January.
SSA supply spotty ahead of bigger post-Easter mandates
Piecemeal supply is set to characterise this week's benchmark SSA business, according to bankers, ahead of the larger deals targeting the market after the Easter holidays.
Italian wholesale digital infrastructure operator FiberCop said on Monday it is considering a euro bond new issue, following the publication of its annual results last week.
Discussions underway for return of Middle East borrowers
Issuers from the Gulf region are preparing for their return to the international debt capital markets after a month of no supply due to the war in the Middle East.
Bankers say deal execution in European bond markets is tougher than in the US because of the likelihood of a market-changing message by US president Donald Trump on messaging platform Truth Social as soon as he wakes up, potentially disrupting the bookbuilding process.
Nonbank issuers in Australia have been navigating a challenging RMBS market with long execution times that leave them particularly vulnerable during the current heightened volatility.
Tricky execution sees EdgeConneX's debut CMBS hit by downgrade
EdgeConneX has become a casualty of the recent volatility in the European securitisation market after Fitch downgraded the class A2 notes of the US data centre operator's debut European deal just a week after it priced.
Securitisation offers a promising route to fill an over US$100bn funding gap to build data centres in the Asia Pacific, but this solution is still a while away, according to market participants
How do you get a £500m-plus deal done when the Middle East war is making investors skittish and making it more difficult to sell larger transactions? Together Financial Services went the time-worn way with its latest RMBS transaction: in essence, after building a book behind closed doors, it hiked the spread slightly.
Mexico has set a new benchmark for sovereign sustainable finance with an updated framework that accommodates an unprecedented array of ESG labels – including badges like biodiversity, nature and resilience/adaptation – while also integrating the country’s sustainable taxonomy.
The UK's influential Transition Finance Council has published an exposure draft of its Transition Finance Guidelines, which are designed to assess the credibility of companies' transition plans and scale up transition financing globally.
European companies' climate adaptation plans at 'nascent' stage
More European companies have adaptation and resilience plans in place than their global peers but progress is at a very early stage and none of the plans are advanced, according to research by S&P.
Eurazeo's Planetary Boundaries fund continues fundraising
French private debt and equity firm Eurazeo's Planetary Boundaries fund has secured more than half of its €750m target, which it intends to keep in place as fundraising continues.
Insurance-linked securities start to close ESG gap
The booming insurance-linked securities market lags other asset classes over ESG but disclosure is improving, according to the chief executive of a leading ILS manager.
OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceX IPOs won't be delayed by war, say bankers
Bankers preparing to pitch for leading roles on the record-busting IPOs being prepared by OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceX have brushed off recent market volatility, insisting that the three US$50bn-plus deals can still get done this year, even after a selloff in leading technology stocks.
Military drone maker Aevex has filed for an NYSE IPO that will raise funds to repay debt and also allow backer Madison Dearborn to begin taking profits on its investment.
Victory Giant premarkets HK listing of at least US$2bn
Shenzhen-listed Victory Giant Technology (HuiZhou) has started premarketing a Hong Kong listing that could raise at least US$2bn, said people with knowledge of the matter.
SK Hynix has filed confidentially to the Securities and Exchange Commission for a multibillion-dollar US listing that could take place in the second half of this year, the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker said on Wednesday.
Electronic Arts has priced approximately US$15bn-equivalent of debt that backs the record-breaking US$55bn buyout of the video games maker after successfully navigating volatile leveraged markets, illustrating the level of investor appetite for large acquisition-related financings after attracting some US$50bn in orders.
Sealed Air's US$10bn LBO financing tested by war worries and Multi-Color fallout
CD&R is back in the leveraged finance market with a US$10bn-plus financing for packaging company Sealed Air but the sponsor's previous issues with portfolio company Multi-Color and potential higher prices caused by the Iran war have prompted investors to take a cautious approach to the deal.
Investors scour market for loans after influx of cash
Investors flush with cash are scouring for deals as volatility has rocked markets following a software selloff and the ongoing war in the Middle East, pushing loan prices down to an 11-month low.
French software company Cegid has hit a stumbling block in securing €1.2bn of debt to back its acquisition of European fintech Shine, as AI-driven volatility strains investor appetite for the sector.
Spanish pharmaceuticals and chemicals manufacturer Grifols has launched a refinancing exercise which bankers say could herald a wave of best-efforts transactions in the European leveraged loan market.
Banks should go on the front foot as private credit crisis plays out
Private credit mishaps are coming at us with such speed and intensity that many of the stories are blurring into one. But rather than the private credit crisis dragging banks down, it might give them an opportunity to play offensively in this space.
Goeasy shows that it’s still too easy to hide a credit loss
The easiest way to hide a credit loss is not to deny it. It is to say it has not yet arrived. That was one of the quiet accounting failures exposed by the global financial crisis: losses were often recognised too late, only after the damage was obvious. IFRS 9 was supposed to fix that by forcing lenders to book expected credit losses earlier, using forward-looking judgment rather than waiting for the wreckage.
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A slowdown in dealmaking isn’t the only risk for banks from the Middle East conflict
Investment banks continue to expect strong first-quarter revenues. On Tuesday, Citigroup guided to mid-teens year-on-year growth in investment banking and markets revenues, and Bank of America guided to double-digit growth for both business lines. A few weeks ago, JP Morgan provided a similar upbeat message.
Macaskill on Markets: Who needs margins? Synthetic equity lending pumps up risk
A dramatic but little appreciated rise in the volume of equity total return swaps is being accompanied by an erosion in the margins charged by bank prime finance desks to clients such as hedge funds.
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