Reality Bites: New Issue Supply Amid Elevated Rates
Date: December 4, 2023
Moderator: Winnie Cisar – Global Head of Strategy, CreditSights
Panelists: Megan Neuburger – Managing Director – Head of US & Canada Corporate Ratings, Fitch Ratings
Maureen O’Connor – Global Head of High Grade Debt Syndicate, Wells Fargo
Rich Testa – Head of IG Finance, MUFG
Summary:
- As issuers across the rating spectrum face materially higher borrowing costs and maturities pile up, the primary market should provide good opportunities to deploy capital at meaningfully higher yields in 2024.
- Topics include expectations for new issue supply from capital markets and syndicate teams, the outlook for discretionary issuance, and the potential for a rise in M&A as corporates adjust to the ‘higher for longer’ regime.
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