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A US-led swift resolution to the war in Ukraine doesn't necessarily mean an end to hostilities

Inability to rely on the US will provide the impetus for loosening regulations in securitization

◆ Golden Ray 1 shines on debut ◆ US election holds up EU ABS

The great conditions for FIG issuers that had prevailed all year round have gone. But there is a ready solution — issuers must pay new issue premiums

A whirlwind tour of SRT from the 'last fiduciary in the world'

◆ What Trump or Harris mean for EM sovereign issuers ◆ The outlook for UK capital markets after the Budget ◆ Creditors turn on each other in Thames Water saga

Emergency funding with sky high costs threatens to cut off more meaningful support

To control what is transition-worthy too tightly would be to miss the point

Japan’s landmark sovereign climate transition bonds have made it a frontrunner in global efforts to achieve net zero and — despite criticisms — offer a much-needed template for other countries pondering their own transition frameworks. Rashmi Kumar reports.

The landmark rise in interest rates announced by the Bank of Japan in July was a turning point for the country’s bond market, fuelling interest in shorter-dated deals and possibly triggering changes in investor portfolios, writes Rashmi Kumar

Japan’s top issuers have not had an easy year, due to volatile local and international markets caused by the Bank of Japan’s and US Federal Reserve’s different approaches to interest rates. Staying in touch with domestic and overseas investors and carefully timing bond deals has been critical, and will likely remain important in the year ahead.

Creditors can and will be bumped down the pecking order at the time when it matters most