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Walmart Sells US Debt, Eyes Canadian Market as Spending Grows Original
(Bloomberg) -- Walmart Inc. is selling US dollar bonds for a second time this year and sounding out investors for a debut Canadian debt offering as the world's largest retailer seeks to diversify its funding sources amid a spending spree.
Kimberly-Clark Offers Bonds to Help Fund Tylenol Maker Takeover Original
is selling investment-grade bonds in as many as five parts to help fund its pending of Tylenol maker The consumer-goods company is offering notes in as many as with maturities of two to 10 years, according to a person with knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be identified because the details are private. Initial price discussions for the longest tenor involve a premium of about one percentage point above Treasuries, the person added.
Kimberly-Clark Raising $4.9 Billion for Tylenol Maker Takeover
Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Kimberly-Clark Corp. is set to raise $4.9 billion from an investment-grade bond sale to help fund its pending acquisition of Tylenol maker Kenvue Inc.
Bank of America Fights Off Volatility, Sells $8 Billion of Bonds
Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp.
Angry bondholders flood Wall Street with complaints on Paramount losses
Skip to Content Bond yields have risen in recent months as inflation fears have grown, forcing the company to pay more for funding One trader said they put their Paramount junk bond feelings bluntly: Don’t sell bonds that go down immediately — we are not in the business of losing money. Just hours after Paramount Skydance Corp.
Paramount’s $41 Billion of M&A Bonds Slump as Trading Begins
’s $41 billion of US dollar bonds to finance its takeover of sold off to start their first full day of trading. A 10-year investment-grade note traded at a spread of 2.71 percentage points above the benchmark rate, according to Trace as of 8:35 a.m Thursday in New York. The issue price Wednesday was percentage points more than Treasuries. The shortest-tenored notes showed modest widening.
Paramount wraps up $52bn debt sale to fund Warner buyout Original
Banks wrapped up the syndication of roughly $52 billion of debt to fund Paramount Skydance Corp’s acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, locking in long-term financing at a hefty cost for the US media giant. The company sold $30 billion of US dollar investment-grade debt, $12.4 billion-equivalent of junk bonds and $9.46 billion of loans, according to people familiar with the matter.
Paramount Wraps Up $52 Billion Debt Sale to Fund Warner Buyout
Photographer: Jill Connelly/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Banks wrapped up the syndication of roughly $52 billion of debt to fund Paramount Skydance Corp.’s acquisition of Warner Bros.
パラマウント社債に1090億ドルの応募、ワーナー買収絡み－倍率3.6倍
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Paramount Draws $109 Billion of Demand for High-Grade Bond Deal Original
Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Paramount Skydance Corp. has attracted demand more than three times the expected size of its blue-chip bond offering to help fund its acquisition of Warner Bros.
Billions of Dollars in Muni Deals Stuck in Limbo as Yields Soar
Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images (Bloomberg) -- More municipal bond deals are being put on ice as state and local borrowers wait for better days with yields surging to the highest since at least 2011.
Brazil Meat Giant MBRF Eyes Junk-Bond Sale to Refinance Debt
(Bloomberg) -- Leia em português Brazilian meatpacker MBRF Global Foods SA is meeting with investors about what would be the company’s first bond sale since Marfrig acquired BRF last year.
Paramount to Hold Calls for Warner Deal’s $44 Billion Bond Sale Original
(Bloomberg) -- Paramount Skydance Corp is holding investor calls for about $44.4 billion-equivalent of bonds on Monday to fund its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
Sysco Draws Blowout Demand for $17 Billion Global Bond Offering
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Sysco Corp. drew about $90 billion of orders for the US dollar portion of its global bond offering, signaling strong investor appetite for a combination of high-grade and riskier debt.
シティが1.8兆円大型起債、利回り低下の好機捉え－自行で過去最大
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Citigroup Raises $12 Billion in Its Biggest-Ever Bond Sale
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Citigroup Inc. raised $12 billion in its largest-ever US dollar bond sale, seizing a chance to sell debt as credit markets rallied a day after the Federal Reserve hiked rates.
Firms Shy Away From Long-Dated Bond Offerings as Costs Rise
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- When Aon Inc. on Monday priced $2 billion of notes maturing in 2056 as part of a debt package to fund an acquisition, investors rushed to buy it, placing orders more than seven times the size of the offering.
Aon Raises $13.5 Billion From Bond Sale to Fund USI Takeover
Aon Plc raised $13.5 billion from a high-grade bond offering to help fund its planned acquisition of USI Insurance Services, marking one of the biggest M&A financing deals to come to market in 2026. Investors placed as much as $65 billion of orders on the sale, with the longest maturity drawing the most demand, according to people familiar with the matter. Aon sold notes in seven parts, with maturities ranging from three to 30 years.
Aon Raises $13.5 Billion From Bond Sale to Fund USI Takeover Original
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Aon Plc raised $13.5 billion from a high-grade bond offering to help fund its planned acquisition of USI Insurance Services, marking one of the biggest M&A financing deals to come to market in 2026.
Dell Seeks to Raise $4 Billion From Bond Sale to Refinance Debt Original
APPLE EVENT (Bloomberg) -- Dell Technologies Inc. is seeking to raise about $4 billion from an investment-grade bond sale, joining a wave of issuers seeking to refinance debt as it rides an AI-driven boom in demand for servers.
Bond Traders Bite at Microsoft-Tied Data Center Junk-Like Yields
Bloomberg, Trace (Bloomberg) -- Blackstone Inc.-backed QTS Realty Trust Inc. offered junk-like yields on a $3.9 billion high-grade bond to fund the construction of a Microsoft Corp.-linked data center in Georgia.
Private Credit Funds Boost Bond Sales
Blue Owl signage outside the Seagram Building at 375 Park Avenue in New York. Today two private credit funds sold more investment-grade bonds than they initially targeted, following a lull of deals from so-called business development companies (BDCs) to start the third quarter. Blackstone Private Credit Fund raised $750 million from its sale of five-year notes, according to a person familiar with the deal who asked not to be identified as they're not authorized to speak publicly.
Blackstone, Blue Owl Private Credit Funds Boost Bond Sales
Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Two private credit funds sold more investment-grade bonds Monday than they initially targeted, following a lull of deals from so-called business development companies to start the third quarter.
Picky Investors Push Back on High-Grade Prices After Debt Deluge
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Blue-chip firms are swarming the US debt market to finance everything from acquisitions to the artificial intelligence buildout.
AMD to Raise as Much as $5 Billion From Debt Offering Original
(Bloomberg) -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is planning to raise as much $5 billion in what could be the chipmaker's biggest-ever investment-grade bond sale, adding to a wave of debt tied to the artificial intelligence boom.
QTS Holds Calls Ahead of Possible $2.85 Billion Bond Sale
(Bloomberg) -- Subsidiaries of QualityTech LP are holding fixed income investor calls ahead of a potential bond offering that may raise about $2.85 billion in the market’s latest data-center financing.
NYSE Parent ICE Raises $3.75 Billion for MarketAxess Takeover
sold $3.75 billion of US investment-grade bonds on Tuesday, less than two weeks after announcing a to acquire The New York Stock Exchange fixed-rate notes across four parts, with maturities of three to 10 years, according to a person familiar with the deal who asked not to be identified discussing a private matter. The longest tenor will yield 0.82 percentage point more than Treasuries, compared with initial price talk of about 1.15 percentage points.
Blue Owl Raises $750 Million to Pay Down Credit Lines
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Blue Owl Capital Inc. sold $750 million of high-grade debt, up from initial discussions of $500 million, after receiving a large amount of investor orders, according to people familiar with the matter.
NYSE Parent ICE Raises $3.75 Billion for MarketAxess Takeover
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Intercontinental Exchange Inc. sold $3.75 billion of US investment-grade bonds on Tuesday, less than two weeks after announcing a $6 billion deal to acquire MarketAxess Holdings Inc.
Alphabet’s Jumbo Bond Sale Draws $115 Billion of Investor Demand
(Bloomberg) -- Alphabet Inc. has received about $115 billion of orders for its latest jumbo bond sale, signaling renewed investor appetite for debt tied to the artificial intelligence boom after a recent selloff. Most Read from Bloomberg With an order book of that magnitude, the deal has attracted more than four times the anticipated size of as much as $25 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be identified because they're not authorized to speak publicly.
Alphabet Raises $25 Billion From Sought-After Bond Sale
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Alphabet Inc. sold $25 billion of investment-grade bonds after generous yield payouts helped secure one of the year’s largest order books for AI-related debt.
AbbVie Seeks at Least $8 Billion in Debt to Fund Apogee Deal Original
is seeking to raise at least $8 billion from an investment-grade to fund a portion of its acquisition of No final decision has been made on the size of the offering, which could reach as much as $10 billion depending on demand, according to people familiar with the matter. The company is is as many as nine tranches, with maturities ranging from two to 40 years.
AbbVie seeks at least $8B in debt to fund Apogee deal
AbbVie Inc. is seeking to raise at least $8 billion from an investment-grade bond offering to fund a portion of its acquisition of Apogee Therapeutics Inc.
AbbVie Sees Strong Demand for Its $10 Billion M&A Bond Sale
Photographer: Jamie Kelter Davis/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Investors flocked to drugmaker AbbVie Inc.’s $10 billion investment-grade bond sale after signs of investor fatigue for new debt to fund artificial intelligence efforts.
Amazon's new bonds get cooler reception as AI debt floods market
When Amazon.com Inc. sold its biggest ever bond earlier this year, it was inundated with investor orders amid hype about the artificial intelligence boom. This time around, there's less fanfare. Peak demand for its latest $25 billion offering reached $62 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter. That's about half the orders it attracted for its prior $37 billion deal in March.
Amazon’s New Bonds Get Cooler Reception as AI Debt Floods Market Original
When sold its biggest ever bond earlier this year, it was inundated with investor orders amid hype about the artificial intelligence boom. This time around, there’s less fanfare. Peak demand for its latest offering reached $62 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter. That’s about half the orders it attracted for its prior $37 billion deal in March. It signals there’s a limit to the amount of money sloshing around for debt of even the highest-rated hyperscalers.
Traders Dump Tech Bonds to Make Room for Amazon Debt Deal Original
Photographer: Isabella Falsetti/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc.’s massive bond sale dragged down hyperscaler debt on Tuesday as investors sold existing securities to fund the new issue, signaling growing fatigue over the barrage of...
Traders Are Dumping Tech Bonds to Make Room for Amazon Debt Deal
(Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc.'s massive bond sale dragged down outstanding hyperscaler debt on Tuesday as investors sold existing securities to fund the new issue, signaling growing fatigue over the barrage of artificial intelligence financings.
Amazon apuesta por una emisión de bonos de al menos US$25.000 millones en plena carrera por la IA
Foto: Bing Guan/Bloomberg July 7, 2026 at 1:32 PM UTC Amazon.com Inc.
アマゾンが社債発行へ、AIインフラ投資で250億ドル以上の調達狙う
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Morgan Stanley Private Credit Fund Sells $350 Million Bond
Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- A Morgan Stanley private credit fund sold investment-grade bonds to refinance debt, its first offering in just over a year.
Bond Traders Stunned as Losses on SpaceX’s New Debt Keep Growing
Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- SpaceX’s blockbuster bond sale is weakening so quickly in the secondary market that traders say they can’t recall another recent deal that widened this sharply.
SpaceX's Shortest-Dated Debt Is Biggest Lure In $25 Billion Sale
SpaceX met with plenty of fanfare when it first sold shares this month, making history with the biggest- ever initial public offering. In the debt markets, it’s encountering more questions. Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite and AI conglomerate is set to raise $25 billion of bonds in five parts on Tuesday, in its debut bond offer, and is paying a relatively wide premium over Treasuries to get the deal done, people familiar with the matter said.
SpaceX’s Shortest-Dated Debt Is Biggest Lure in $25 Billion Sale Original
SpaceX met with when it first sold shares this month, with the biggest- ever initial public offering. In the debt markets, it’s encountering more questions. ’s rocket, satellite and AI conglomerate is $25 billion of bonds in five parts on Tuesday, in its debut bond offer, and is paying a relatively wide premium over Treasuries to get the deal done, people familiar with the matter said.
SpaceX’s $25 Billion Sale Meets Skeptical Eyes of Debt Investors
Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Credit-rating firms said SpaceX is a solid investment-grade company. The bond market is taking a more cautious view.
Sony Returns to US Bond Market After Nearly Three Decades
Sony Group Corp. headquarters in Tokyo. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg June 22, 2026 at 8:10 PM UTC Updated on June 23, 2026 at 8:08 PM UTC Sony Group Corp.
SpaceX Readies Its $20 Billion Bond Debut to Fund AI Ambition Original
is selling investment-grade bonds for the first time in what’s expected to be the start of a massive borrowing spree to fund the company’s AI ambitions following its record IPO. Banks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are arranging calls with investors on Monday, according to a with knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be identified because they’re not authorized to speak publicly. A bond sale is expected to follow, with maturities of between five and 30 years, according to the person.
México sale al mercado con nuevos bonos para financiar recompra de deuda existente
México está recurriendo a los mercados internacionales de bonos para financiar una recompra de deuda existente, en momentos en que aumenta la presión de las agencias calificadoras para que reduzca el déficit fiscal.
Mexico Raises $6.3 Billion in New Bonds to Fund Buyback
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Mexico raised $6.3 billion in bonds to fund a buyback of its existing debt as credit-rating firms warn over the nation’s widening fiscal deficit, raising concerns over its investment-grade status.
SpaceX Readies Its $20 Billion Bond Debut to Fund AI Ambition Original
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- SpaceX is selling investment-grade bonds for the first time in what’s expected to be the start of a massive borrowing spree to fund the company’s AI ambitions following its record $75 billion IPO.
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