Hannah Benjamin

Barclays Plc drew strong orders for its first sale of euro currency Additional Tier 1 debt since 2014.

Fast-fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB is lining up its first bond sale in two years, just weeks after its shares surged following better-than-expected quarterly earnings.

UK utility Southern Water Ltd. is selling the biggest sterling corporate bond in nearly 18 months as it seeks to shore up its finances.

Debt sales arranged by bankers across Europe have surged past €1 trillion ($1.13 trillion) for the year in the quickest time ever, even after the market briefly shut down following the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs.

Companies including Alphabet Inc. sold more than $18 billion of high-grade bonds on Monday, the most in one day since March, the latest sign that debt markets are stabilizing after the turmoil brought by tariff announcements early this month.

European credit risk indexes have fallen to the lowest in more than two years as investors bet that central bankers will be successful in taming inflation.

A gauge of credit risk for Europe’s junk bonds has dropped to the lowest since early 2022 as global markets rally on bets that interest rates globally have peaked.

The riskiest bonds of European lenders are plunging after holders of Credit Suisse Group AG’s contingent convertible securities suffered a historic loss as part of its takeover by UBS Group AG.

A deluge of debt sales in Europe has pushed issuance for the year beyond $150 billion in the quickest time ever.

The seller of Europe’s biggest-ever corporate green bond returned for more as it works toward a goal of turning climate-neutral by 2025.

Growing ranks of issuers are ditching bond sale plans as global markets take a turn for the worse amid an increasingly bleak outlook for the world’s economy.