JP Morgan has expanded the roles of Conor Hillery and Matthieu Wiltz, its co-heads of EMEA, to co-heads of global banking in EMEA, with Wiltz also shifting more towards investment banking from trading where he has spent most of his career.

Canada has publicly backed the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank, becoming the first sovereign to offer verbal support in a major milestone for the proposed multilateral development bank.

A group of investors in Ethiopia's only outstanding bond are taking legal action to enforce payment after a proposed debt restructuring deal they struck with the government in January was batted back by the African sovereign's official creditors, who said it did not meet comparability requirements under the G20's Common Framework.

Hong Kong's securities regulator said on Friday it had identified "serious deficiencies" in the preparation of some listing documents amid a surge in initial public offerings in 2025, flagging potential misconduct by sponsors and a mismanagement of resources.

Big order books and tight pricing were back in the euro market on Tuesday as issuers printed deals inside their curves.

Liberty Global and its subsidiaries are making waves in the high-yield market. Its fully owned subsidiary Belgium-based telecoms operator, Telenet ServCo, is marketing a new issue to refinance debt. 

ING Groep capitalised on strong momentum and appetite for risk to secure both a large size and a tight pricing outcome with a US$1.5bn Reg S Additional Tier 1 bond on Tuesday.

Taking advantage of improved market sentiment on Tuesday, three FIG issuers managed to draw substantial demand for their respective reentries into the euro senior unsecured market, outcomes reflective of a risk-on mood and supportive technicals.

US auto ABS from Ford Motor and General Motors could be partially displaced by cheaper deposit funding once the automakers' planned banks are up and running.

Vertical Bridge is returning to the ABS primary market with a US$1.66bn securitisation backed by a portfolio of wireless cell towers it oversees and that has increased significantly following a lease-backed deal with Verizon.

High Ridge has lined up its first aircraft securitisation, aiming to take advantage of improved funding conditions and robust demand from airlines that are trying to accommodate increasing ridership around the world.

The European CMBS market has carried its momentum into the new year following a record 12 months, with market participants expressing confidence that issuance volumes could rise further.

Sao Paulo water utility Sabesp has delivered a landmark for Latin American sustainable finance, issuing by far the largest blue bond yet while showcasing what bankers say is a fast-emerging way to bring bond investors into multilateral A/B lending structures that have been traditionally dominated by banks.

The bond market is gearing up to test the transition label with the next generation of deals set to be supported by new guidance and principles that will introduce the concept of "carbon lock-in" to the wider capital markets.

One of the UK’s largest pension schemes is set to put as much as £1bn into an innovative transition credit fund from Axa Investment Managers, highlighting continuing appetite among asset owners for ESG investing despite the unsupportive political environment.

Barely a quarter of sustainability indexes outperformed their non-ESG counterparts in 2025 in a highly concentrated equity market dominated by artificial intelligence, according to research by Morningstar. 

Oracle has started marketing a US$5bn mandatory convertible preferred that is part of a US$50bn debt and equity financing package aimed preserving the Texas-based hyperscaler's investment-grade credit rating amid massive AI spending.

Shenzhen-listed Muyuan Foods is planning to price its Hong Kong listing at the maximum offer price to raise HK$10.7bn (US$1.37bn), said people with knowledge of the matter.

Kuwaiti convenience store operator Trolley has launched its around US$175m IPO that will allow it to list ahead of Eid al-Fitr in March.

Solv Energy pre-filed launch terms Friday with the SEC outlining a US$512.5m all-primary Nasdaq IPO, providing it with a contingency to regulatory flexibility given the US government shutdown.

Concerns about artificial intelligence exposure and a broader selloff in software credits are weighing on leveraged loans backing Conga Corp’s planned acquisition of the business-to-business division of Pros Holdings, slowing momentum for a deal that had been expected to be placed more swiftly among investors.

A sudden souring in the software sector caused Belgium-headquartered technology company Team.blue and Italian healthcare software company Dedalus to hit the stop button last week on exercises to reprice term loan Bs.

Borrowers have swarmed over the European leveraged loan market but the extreme bias towards repricings and refinancings over new money means the tussle between supply and demand has only swung further in issuers’ favour.

Repricings are again setting the tone in the US leveraged loan market, as borrowers move quickly to cut borrowing costs amid white-hot investor demand and a still-limited flow of new money M&A and leveraged buyout financings.