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The European FIG market rode through 2025 on high demand for credit, providing bank issuers, large and small, with extremely advantageous funding conditions. Although investors have also benefitted from strong secondary market performance, as Atanas Dinov reports, that equilibrium may change in 2026, with anticipation mounting that spreads will widen
With a relentless flow of cash into credit markets this year, almost every borrower could be said to have done well. But some issuers stood out for their ability to establish new footholds in certain markets that have since paved the way for peers
The Australian dollar bond market’s growth has propelled it to be the third most important funding currency for some international bond issuers. Its ability to offer investor diversification and arbitrage funding is attracting an increasing number of issuers from spread-conscious SSAs to banks and companies seeking strategic capital, write Sarah Ainsworth and Atanas Dinov
EU politicians talk enthusiastically about making the bloc more competitive, but so far, its capital markets have struggled to match the efficiency of the US. Whether it can meet the booming demand for data centres will be a defining test of its ambitions, write George Smith, Chadwick Van Estrop and Thomas Hopkins
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◆ HSBC prints A$1.5bn into 'growing market' ◆ Banco Santander lures buyers amid value vs euros ◆ Aussie market 'more appealing' -
◆ Tuesday brought 'first proper correction' for European FIG bonds this year ◆ But NN sails ahead with tight pricing ◆ Pays some new issue premium due to worse sentiment and larger €1bn size
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◆ Dutch insurance company prepares deeply subordinated issue amid weaker market ◆ But FIG's fundamentals unchanged ◆ Spike in rates may boost demand from yield buyers
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UK bank kicks off 2025 funding with $8.5bn raised across the capital structure
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Sterling AT1 revival comes amid dispute over Deutsche Bank's foreign exchange losses
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Growth in regular issuance means changes will make time for regulators to look at more unusual deals
