Investment-grade corporate bonds worth $25.3 billion were issued in the primary market in the week ending April 8, 2016. The number of issuers rose to 18.
Investment-grade corporate bonds worth $51.4 billion were issued in the primary market in the week ended February 26, 2016. This was the highest recorded in February.
Investment-grade bond funds have seen YTD net outflows of $1.87 billion up to January 13, 2016. High-grade bonds worth $62.47 billion—the highest in 2016 so far—were issued last week.
Last week, Treasury yields rose in double-digits nearly across the yield curve. Yields on investment-grade corporate bonds also rose for the week ended October 9.
Investment-grade corporate bonds worth $32.35 billion were issued in the primary market in the week ending September 25, 2015. Fixed-rate issues made up 90.6% of the total issuance for the week.
