Wells Fargo Securities

Wells Fargo printed its debut sustainability bond this week, finally breaking its year long absence from the senior unsecured dollar market.

Green bonds took centre stage in the US corporate bond market this week, as issuance began to mount again after the recess for earnings blackouts. No less than three deals paired green and conventional tranches.

European banks began to access the dollar market this week following first quarter earnings, while JP Morgan stole the show on Wednesday with a record low coupon for a preferred note.

Bank of America sold a floating rate note over the Bloomberg short-term bank yield index rather than Sofr this week, as Morgan Stanley added to the post earnings rush in dollars.

Corporate bond issues came at a healthy clip in the US market this week, despite earnings blackouts, as investors showed a preference for highly rated paper.

Public Storage wrapped up a quickfire acquisition financing in the US bond market this week, after supply slowed to a trickle as huge swathes of corporate America entered earnings blackouts.

Marvell Technology, the Bermuda-registered US chipmaker, jumped into the dollar bond market this week with a $2bn trade linked to a $10bn acquisition, after clinching the deal more quickly than expected.

BlackRock has signed a $4.4bn revolving credit agreement linked to gender and racial diversity metrics, becoming one of the most prominent companies globally to use key performance indicators focused on staff equality in its main bank line.

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Goldman Sachs led a bumper week of dollar bond supply this week, as the high-grade market showed its resilience and investors lapped up issuance from a broad array of bank and finance names.

Tyler Technologies, the US develop of software for local government, has raised $525m via the sale of new convertible bonds, capping off the busiest week of the year so far for US equity-linked issuance.

LondonMetric, the UK real estate investment trust, is marketing a private placement deal, according to market sources.