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Issuance has kept going by giving investors just what they want

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Reforms should focus on banks' access to liquidity, not capital

Issuer has set the stage for peers to return to public market

John Healey resigned because the money was not there for defence. It may not be there for anything

Bifurcation is emerging in how investors treat the hyperscalers

Picking a World Cup-free evening for the most prestigious awards ceremony in international debt markets in the summer of 2026 was always going to be tricky. Yet despite England’s opening match taking place on the same night, the GlobalCapital Bond Awards once again brought together the leading institutions and individuals shaping the global debt markets. For ICAP, sponsor of the awards, the event provided an opportunity not only to celebrate excellence across the industry, but also to strengthen relationships with the clients and market participants at the heart of its business.

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Green investors buy when everyone else stops, giving issuers one last pricing lever — perhaps to cross a line none of them wants to reach

Investors are still around and issuers can get ahead of the September rush

Amid tight budgetary conditions, including persistent inflation, volatile markets and geopolitical tensions, sovereign issuers in the EU face continuous pressure to fulfil borrowing requirements. Simultaneously, these same issuers are having to confront different challenges that range from the growing impact of hedge funds in their order books, and whether this is a good or a bad thing, how to convince new investors that their home currency, the euro, is an alternative to the dollar and how aligned EU capital markets should become and what form this should take. GlobalCapital assembled sovereign debt issuers to discuss borrowing requirements and how they are being met, what the diversification of their investor bases means for the products they offer and the benefits of harmonisation and simpler regulation in the EU.

KKR’s landmark deal and will CLO managers mix BSL with private credit?