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Singapore’s United Overseas Bank (UOB) priced a three‑year panda bond worth RMB 5 billion at a 1.83% yield on March 18, marking a notable entry into China’s offshore yuan market. In the same month, Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas each issued panda bonds exceeding RMB 5 billion, underscoring a surge of foreign banks tapping the segment. The coordinated activity signals heightened confidence in China’s debt market and a growing appetite for yuan‑denominated financing among international issuers. Collectively, these deals represent a significant volume of offshore yuan issuance in March 2026.
Pitchbook warns that upcoming mega IPOs could dominate market liquidity in 2026. SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic are rumored to go public, potentially becoming the three largest VC‑backed IPOs ever. Their combined valuation may surpass the total value of all VC‑backed...
Credit‑Linked Notes (CLNs) are being hailed as the premier tool for capital‑relief trades in the structured credit market. Recent commentary highlights their ability to off‑load credit risk while preserving balance‑sheet efficiency. The piece situates CLNs amid a shifting regulatory landscape,...
Capteris Equipment Finance is set to sell a $436.9 million asset‑backed securities (ABS) transaction, Series 2026‑1, backed by 216 commercial equipment leases from 57 obligors. The deal issues six tranches, with senior A1 and A2 notes receiving the bulk of capital and...
JPMorgan Chase and a syndicate of banks have paused a $5.3 billion debt financing for Qualtrics International after the software firm failed to attract sufficient investor interest. The slowdown reflects heightened market anxiety over artificial‑intelligence disruption and a broader pullback from...
Moody's downgraded New York's Metropolitan Opera Association to Caa1 from B3, pushing it deeper into junk territory, and lowered The New School's rating to Baa1 from A3. The Met faces a $120 million endowment draw, $178 million debt, and liquidity constraints with...
U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain urged the Puerto Rico Oversight Board to consider a contingent vehicle instrument (CVI) in its PREPA plan of adjustment as parties grapple with the size of bondholders' secured claim. The board has offered bondholders...
Municipal bond investors remain unfazed by the Iran‑Israel‑U.S. conflict, viewing munis as a domestic safe‑haven despite rising oil prices and Treasury yields. New‑issue issuance dipped below $10 billion this week, yet demand stayed strong, with several deals oversubscribed. Transportation‑related credits, especially...
U.S. Bank appointed Alan Flanagan as head of its global investment services division, overseeing fund services, corporate trust, CLOs and alternative investments. Flanagan brings nearly two decades of experience from BNY Mellon, where he led client coverage for asset servicing....
The municipal bond market faces heightened credit stress in 2026, but actual bankruptcies remain uncommon. While the ratio of upgrades to downgrades tightens, sector‑specific risks are emerging in project finance, housing, and healthcare issuances. Chapter 9 remains limited to municipalities, with...
Kraken has suspended its planned initial public offering after filing a draft S‑1 in November 2025 that targeted a $20 billion valuation. The decision reflects broader market headwinds that have made crypto‑focused IPOs increasingly risky. While the exchange had been exploring...
UBS has finished migrating roughly 1.2 million former Credit Suisse clients onto its own platforms, marking a pivotal step in the three‑year integration that began after the 2023 rescue acquisition. The bank now enters the final integration phase, focusing on decommissioning...
Catastrophe bond issuance in the first quarter of 2026 is projected between $6.34 billion and $6.54 billion, making it the second‑largest Q1 on record. February 2026 already broke the $2 billion threshold and March is on track to exceed $3 billion, setting new monthly...
Drone software developer Swarmer completed a high‑profile IPO, attracting a consortium of UK investors. This group—including Theseus Capital Partners, D3 Venture Capital, Green Flag Ventures, R‑G AI and Radius Capital Ventures—now holds combined shares valued at $177 million. The IPO underscores...
Capital Tankers Corp. debuted on Euronext Growth Oslo after a NOK 4.8 billion private placement, the largest western shipping listing in two decades. The company issued 131.05 million shares, with a greenshoe option to raise the total to 135.7 million. At market open the...
Singapore’s leading buyout firm has opened its first overseas office in Hong Kong, marking a strategic push beyond its domestic market. The new location will support investment‑related activities and enhance investor‑relations capabilities across the region. By establishing a foothold in...
Meiwu Technology Co Ltd announced a registered direct offering of 6,999,996 ordinary shares at $2.00 per share, generating roughly $14 million in gross proceeds. The deal also includes warrants for an equal number of shares, exercisable at $2.00 within one year....
Despite the Middle East war, European securitisation issuance has remained remarkably active, excluding BSL CLOs. The conflict has nearly halted corporate lending markets, yet consumer‑focused asset classes show no systemic disruption. Pricing discipline has tightened and execution windows are more...
Regulatory reforms in Italy are set to clarify the legal framework for financing data‑centre projects, addressing long‑standing ambiguities in mortgage enforcement and securitisation structures. The country’s data‑centre market is projected to double its capacity within five years, driven by hyperscale...
India’s recent IPO surge is increasingly being leveraged to reduce corporate debt rather than fund expansion. Companies earmarked roughly ₹35,055 crore—about a quarter of total IPO proceeds—for debt repayment across 95 issuers in 2024‑2026. This marks a reversal from 2020‑21, when...
SES Financing S.à r.l., a wholly‑owned subsidiary of satellite operator SES, priced a €650 million PNC5.25 Subordinated Perpetual with Automatic Conversion Events (SPACE) hybrid security on 24 March 2026. The issue, carrying a 7.375% coupon and callable at par from 2031, was five...
Itausa SA, a major shareholder of Aegea Saneamento e Participacoes, expects the sanitation firm to achieve a valuation above its current 40.5 billion reais ($7.8 billion) as it prepares for an initial public offering in the coming months. CFO Priscila Grecco said...
Nevada's Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS), managing roughly $74.9 billion, announced it will unwind its exposure to Clearlake Capital after identifying a potential conflict of interest. The conflict arises from Clearlake’s recent agreement to acquire Pathway Capital Management, which overlaps with...
ContextVision AB announced that its share buy‑back programme, originally launched in September 2025 for up to NOK 10 million and 4 million shares, was extended to 11 May 2026 with unchanged terms. Between 9 March and 16 March 2026 DNB Carnegie repurchased 1,188,241 shares for a total...
RATE Mortgage Trust launched a $363 million RMBS that backs 293 prime mortgages, the highest average loan balance and single‑family home concentration in roughly four years. The securitization features a mix of Class A exchangeable and interest‑only notes yielding 4.0%‑5.0% and Class B...
U.S. M&A activity slowed in February 2026, with announcements dropping 26.7% to 1,013 versus January, yet aggregate deal spending surged 236.8% month‑over‑month. Eleven of FactSet’s 21 tracked sectors posted higher three‑month deal volumes compared with a year earlier, led by...
State Bank of India raised ₹6,051 crore by issuing a 10‑year Basel III‑compliant Tier 2 bond at a 7.05% coupon. The issue carries a call option after five years and on each subsequent anniversary. The bonds received bids roughly twice the ₹5,000 crore target,...
Private equity firms are facing a growing bottleneck in their exit pipeline as IPO markets stay muted, M&A activity slows, and secondary‑sale demand wanes. Elevated interest rates and tighter credit conditions are compressing valuations, forcing managers to hold assets longer...
The 2025 State of Agtech Investment in Africa report reveals total sector funding fell to $170 million, a near‑20 % year‑on‑year decline, while equity’s share dropped below half for the first time. Debt, grants and blended‑finance structures now dominate capital deployment, reflecting...
OpenAI is exploring a $10 billion joint venture with private‑equity partners to fund its next‑generation AI models and commercial rollout. At the same time, L Catterton announced a $313 million investment in Japan’s consumer sector, while Apollo is negotiating a minority stake in...
Indian pharmaceutical manufacturer Sai Parenteral announced its initial public offering, set to open on March 24, 2026. The IPO comprises a fresh issue of up to ₹285 crore and an offer‑for‑sale of roughly 3.16 million equity shares, with a price band of...
CFOs are hearing early signs that liquidity is returning after years of capital scarcity, prompting a shift from cash preservation to strategic flexibility. The article urges finance leaders to assess whether their organizations are structurally prepared to deploy fresh capital...
Kuwait re‑entered the international sovereign market in September 2024, issuing an $11.25 billion eurobond – its first external debt sale since 2017. The issuance was enabled by a new debt law approved in March 2025 that authorises up to KD30 billion (≈$97 billion)...
Clifford Capital, a Singapore‑based infrastructure credit platform, completed its inaugural Australian‑dollar Infrastructure Asset‑Backed Securities (IABS) issuance, raising A$455 million across four tranches. The deal marks the firm’s first foray into the Australian market and represents the largest private placement of IABS...
Senator Adam Schiff is convening a spotlight hearing in Burbank to scrutinize Paramount’s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery and the broader push for federal film‑production tax incentives. Actor Noah Wyle, IATSE President Matthew Loeb, policy researcher Jax Deluca, and...
Brunswick Exploration closed the first tranche of a non‑brokered private placement, raising $4,195,000 from 16,780,000 units priced at $0.25 each. Each unit includes one common share and half of a warrant, with additional finder warrants issued and $274,950 in finder...
Vicarious Surgical announced it has filed an application to list its Class A common stock on Nasdaq, following a NYSE delisting notice earlier this month. Under new CEO Stephen From, the company has implemented cost‑cutting measures and outsourced parts of...
Goldman Sachs resumed coverage of Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) with a Buy rating and a $70 price target, citing the firm’s transformation into a pure‑play banking‑software supplier after its Worldpay and TSYS acquisitions. The bank projects mid‑single‑digit recurring‑revenue growth...
Broward Health secured a $97 million loan from UMB Bank to construct a six‑story, 114,000‑square‑foot medical office in Deerfield Beach, featuring 75 exam rooms focused on cardiovascular, neuroscience and orthopedics. The facility, adjacent to the Broward Health North campus, is slated...
Private equity firms are actively targeting HVAC service providers and component manufacturers as deal flow intensifies. Scaled residential HVAC platforms are commanding valuations of 16‑19 times EBITDA, while commercial HVAC transactions span a broader 10‑17 times EBITDA range. The disparity...
Bank of America raised its 2026 forecast for investment‑grade debt sales to hyperscalers by 25%, now projecting $175 billion in total issuance. The bank still expects $65 billion of new hyperscaler bonds to be issued this year. The revision follows Amazon’s $54 billion...
Blackford Capital has created a new HVAC, electrical and construction services platform by merging its recent acquisitions, Habco Partnership and Moro Corporation, under the Habco brand. The combined entity, led by CEO Andrew Habel, offers design‑build electrical, HVAC, structural steel...
John Risley’s CFFI Ventures Inc. has moved its $1.4 billion debt restructuring into federal court under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act after creditors rebuffed a provincial plan that would hand assets to its largest lender, HPS Investment Partners. The Nova Scotia...
MakeMyTrip, the NASDAQ‑listed travel platform, is exploring an IPO for its India operations to access domestic capital markets. Its market cap has fallen from $10 billion to $4.5 billion in six months, while operating revenue rose 11% but profit plunged 74% year‑over‑year....
Reliance Industries has engaged six investment banks—BofA Securities, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JM Financial, Kotak Mahindra Capital and Morgan Stanley—to manage the upcoming IPO of its telecom arm, Jio Platforms. The offering could become India’s largest ever, with bankers estimating a...
Ola Electric plans to raise up to ₹2,000 Cr by selling a minority stake in its battery arm, Ola Cell Technologies. The fundraise targets sovereign wealth funds and global infrastructure investors, with Avendus Capital and Motilal Oswal advising. The move follows...
Private equity firms are increasingly relying on side‑letter provisions that contain vague valuation language, raising concerns over transparency and LP‑GP alignment. The practice could hinder the industry’s push toward broader investor participation, often termed the "democratisation" of private equity. Meanwhile,...
In 2022 Oklahoma issued $2.89 billion of utility bonds to recover costs from Winter Storm Uri, with $1.35 billion allocated to Oklahoma Natural Gas. Republican lawmakers filed a state Supreme Court brief alleging the Oklahoma Corporation Commission failed required audits of those...
Space-focused exchange‑traded funds are gaining momentum as rumors swirl around a potential SpaceX initial public offering that could price the company at roughly $1.75 trillion. The Procure Space ETF, billed as the first pure‑play space fund, has delivered a 100.7% gain...
Crypto wealth‑management platform Abra announced a merger with blank‑check firm New Providence Acquisition Corp III to become a publicly listed company on Nasdaq. The transaction values Abra at a $750 million pre‑money equity, with existing investors such as Pantera Capital and Adams...
