SoftBank Group to Redeem All 2.875% Euro Notes Due 2027 at Par
SoftBank Group Corp. said in an announcement dated October 9, 2026 that it will redeem all of its outstanding euro-denominated 2.875% senior notes due January 6, 2027 at par on October 22, 2026, retiring the series ahead of its stated…
Private Credit Underwriting: Covenants, Collateral, Recovery
A first-principles guide to Private Credit Underwriting, including its operating chain, economics, authoritative records, failure modes, and the evidence investors or operators should verify.
Securitization Explained: How Loans Become Tradable Bonds
A first-principles guide to Securitization, including its operating chain, economics, authoritative records, failure modes, and the evidence investors or operators should verify.
Federal Reserve Finalizes Stress Test and Capital Buffer Rules
The Federal Reserve Board on September 30, 2026, finalized two rules that change how it runs its annual supervisory stress test and how it converts test results into stress capital buffer requirements for large banking organizations, and it separately requested…
S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Index Posts 1.9% Annual Gain as Real Values Fall
S&P Dow Jones Indices released the July 2026 results for the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Indices on September 29, 2026, reporting a 1.9% annual gain in the U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, which covers all nine U.S. census divisions, up…
Cecabank to Exit Euribor Panel as ESMA Sees No Representativeness Risk
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued a statement on 24 September 2026 on the announcement by the European Money Markets Institute (EMMI), the administrator of Euribor, that Cecabank, based in Spain, will withdraw from the Euribor panel. The…
2030 Pioneer Notes Priced at $888.49 and 2031 Notes at $885.66 Per $1,000
ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation announced the pricing terms, expiration, and results on September 15, 2026 of the offers by its wholly owned subsidiary Pioneer Natural Resources Company to purchase for cash any and all of Pioneer’s outstanding $1.1 billion 1.900% Senior…
Moody’s Agrees to Acquire Minority Stake in Manila-Based Rater PhilRatings
Moody’s Corporation announced on September 14, 2026 that it has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Philippine Rating Services Corporation (PhilRatings), a domestic credit rating agency headquartered in Manila. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Following the…
IMTC Integrates MarketAxess Liquidity Into Fixed Income Workflows
Fixed income technology provider IMTC announced on September 9, 2026 an integration with MarketAxess Holdings Inc. that makes MarketAxess liquidity accessible from IMTC’s portfolio and order management workflows, allowing mutual clients to route orders to the electronic fixed income platform…
Pioneer Natural Resources Launches Cash Tenders for 2030 and 2031 Notes
Pioneer Natural Resources Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation , is offering to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding $1,100,000,000 1.900% Senior Notes due 2030 and $1,000,000,000 2.150% Senior Notes due 2031, ExxonMobil announced…
SoftBank Sets 4.75% Coupon on ¥1 Trillion Seven-Year Bond
SoftBank Group Corp. on September 4, 2026, set the final terms for its 70th unsecured straight corporate bond, a 1 trillion yen, seven-year offering in Japan aimed mainly at individual investors and known as the “Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS Bond,” fixing…
SEC Proposes Adding EU Debt to Foreign Government Futures Exemption
The Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 2026, proposed amendments to Rule 3a12-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that would add the debt obligations of the European Union to the list of foreign government debt obligations designated…
Panasonic Holdings Sets Terms on 100 Billion Yen of Hybrid Bonds
Panasonic Holdings Corporation on August 28, 2026 determined the terms and conditions for two series of hybrid bonds (subordinated bonds), setting an initial coupon rate of 3.455% per annum on a 70 billion yen fourth series and 4.188% per annum…
SoftBank Files ¥1 Trillion Retail Bond With 4.30%–4.90% Coupon Range
SoftBank Group is preparing to issue about ¥1 trillion in seven-year bonds for retail investors, Jiji Press reported on August 20, 2026, with the coupon and other terms to be set in early September. At ¥1 trillion (roughly $6.3 billion),…
