High-Grade Bond Issuance Hits $57 Billion in Two Days After Labor Day

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High-grade bond issuance surged to $57 billion across 30 offerings on Tuesday and Wednesday alone in the holiday-shortened week after Labor Day, putting September on pace for a fourth straight monthly record. June, July and August totals of $184 billion, $137 billion and $151 billion were the highest ever for those months, according to LCD, and syndicate desks are now suggesting September supply of well over $200 billion, which would supplant last September's unprecedented $189 billion output. That year-ago record included the first major shot in the ongoing AI debt barrage, an $18 billion blockbuster print for Oracle, whose 5.95% notes due 2055 now yield roughly 7.875% on dollar prices south of 79% of par, with investors demanding spreads of T+245 versus the T+125 pricing level a year earlier. This week's biggest deals are GlaxoSmithKline's $6.5 billion offering backing its Nuvalent acquisition and a $6 billion print for UBS, though the week's average deal size of $1.9 billion trails this year's record-setting average through August by about $220 million. Roughly 20% of last month's proceeds, or $31 billion across 10 offerings, were earmarked for M&A funding, the highest share since May, while August data center and AI financing cooled from the prior two months but still included Alphabet's $25 billion package of 10 tranches and Blackstone-backed QTS Central Issuer's debut $3.9 billion offering of 6.625% five-year senior secured data center bonds.

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Biotech & Genomic Medicine▲ · 3 stocks
GSK plc
GSK
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

GSK's $6.5 billion offering backing its Nuvalent acquisition is the week's biggest deal, funding M&A.

Financials▲ · 2 stocks
UBS Group AG
UBSG
± MixedCapitalrelevance

UBS's $6 billion print is one of the week's largest high-grade offerings.

Cloud & Digital Infrastructure▲ · 1 stocks
Oracle Corporation
ORCL
± MixedCapitalrelevance

Oracle's $18 billion AI-era bond print cited as last September's record driver, with its 2055 notes now yielding ~7.875%.

Artificial Intelligence▲ · 1 stocks
Alphabet Inc Class C
GOOG
± MixedCapitalrelevance

Alphabet's $25 billion 10-tranche bond package cited as part of August's data center/AI financing, a debt-raising event.

Materials▲ · 1 stocks

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