Debut deal had club-style execution amid volatile markets and sector headwinds

There are growing signs of a global reluctance to embrace environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles, with talk of greenhushing emerging in many pockets of the bond market. Yet, Japan’s top regulatory bodies and issuers are eager to embrace ESG and, in particular, to continue growing their transition bond market, seeing its potential for ushering in change and reaching net-zero commitments.

Japan’s sovereign, supranational and agency borrowers are among the most well regarded and highly rated in the international debt markets. Yet they are not immune to the volatility caused by the new US administration under president Donald Trump or the pressure from contrasting monetary policies implemented by different central banks. Timing deals well, being nimble and having diverse sources of funding are all expected to be critical in the year ahead.

◆ A new social bond issuer is born ◆ Agency opts for domestic currency for debut, keen to print again ◆ First Swedish SSA with a social use of proceeds bond

◆ 10 year 'surprise' reopens euro covered market ◆ Concession needed to seal the deal ◆ Trade lands through OATs

Development bank wants to encourage adoption by showing how new standard can integrate with existing green bond issuance

Data center developer faces October deadline to repay 2021 ABS

Leads consider dropping some seven year bonds, preserving five years

◆ US food group funds M&A with first euro bond ◆ €500m no-grow draws more than €1.65bn at peak ◆ Tenor choice helps issuer find demand

Triple-A notes were originally guided at mid to high 100s

◆ Amazon adds sterling to funding tool kit ◆ Deal the second largest in the currency after Alphabet's own debut ◆ Trade prices tight but higher price needed for size

◆ Five-part debut draws more than €21bn of peak orders ◆ Uber offers diversification from hyperscaler-heavy US supply ◆ Issuer leaves concessions on table to secure size

Deal multiple times oversubscribed as investors buy into electrification and AI story

◆ Another French agency brings early autumn deal ◆ International investors show support ◆ Priced to ensure performance

Shareholders sell down holdings in AutoStore and Orsted, as shipping company opens books ahead of Athens parallel listing

Société Générale and Standard Chartered provided euro and yen tranches respectively in first World Bank-backed transaction involving the Japanese currency

EM debt investors had largely expected a debt treatment would be required

Belgian car leasing company taps four banks and three investment firms

As war drags on, banks are boosting hoards of cash after deposit outflows

The euro tranche is a refi of a bond maturing later in September

Having to rate money-guzzling Anthropic and OpenAI will test the agencies’ nerve

US dollar market bursts to life after Labor Day holiday

Bankers welcome third and fourth deal in two weeks

◆ Pharma firm returns to euros after two years away ◆ Some concession needed for slim covered deal ◆ Koninklijke Philips adds to biotech flow