Asia weekly — ByteDance eyes $20bn offshore financing

European IG Wrap — NTT bucks the trend as issuance begins to tail off

LatAm Weekly — Canacol scores a win in Alberta, and Braskem takes a turn for the worse

US IG Wrap — SpaceX bond underwhelms in the secondary, Sony returns

Excess Spread — Buying a bridge lender, sticky syndication, taxing times

We talked a bit in May about how to trade the collapse of Market Financial Solutions, which was very speculative! There are no real instruments to trade, no action in related securities, no way to go short if the worst isn’t priced in and no way to go long if it’s time to bounce back.

2026 FIFA World Cup's credit footprint across multiple sectors

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is the largest edition of the tournament ever staged, featuring 48 teams playing 104 matches across 16 host cities in the US, Canada and Mexico, up from 32 teams and 64 in the prior edition. The tournament kicked off earlier this month on Thursday, 11 June, and runs through Sunday, 19 July.

CVC set to buy Italian food business IRCA

CVC will enter in exclusive talks to acquire Italian specialty ingredients producer IRCA after the buyout firm emerged as the winner in the bidding process, people familiar with the deal told 9fin.