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With Latin America bond issuance smashing through its previous record, market participants think the peak has passed. A market tipped to turn tougher is the reason, which will make 2026 a year when issuers and bankers will have to earn every basis point, writes George Collard, with volumes expected to stay high

Record issuance volumes met insatiable investor appetite to lock in yields before rate cuts bite, resulting in tight pricing across bonds and sukuk, writes George Collard. An already healthy market shifted up a gear from September as order books swelled and issuance accelerated, especially of sukuk

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

The public sector bond market digested more than $900bn of benchmark syndications in the first 10 months of 2025, close to the amount raised the previous year. New issue premiums varied by currency, with the biggest annual change in the euro market, writes Sarah Ainsworth

Investment grade companies demonstrated just how much liquidity was sloshing around in the euro, dollar, sterling and Swiss franc markets with a string of large deals. But these bonds did not just stand out for the amount issued. Rather, they showed that there is not always a trade-off to be made between size and price

Aroundtown and Toyota tap private markets as public supply winds down

Late deals achieve big price moves and tight pricing

French bank pre-funds with AT1 capital outing as US FIG annual supply tops $757m

Dollar deals set to rebound as big volumes expected with five year deals to remain the most favoured tenor

Four other SSA issuers notch MTN funding

Dutch agency plans two to three dollar benchmarks, one in euros, and potential PP debut in HK dollars

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