Corporate Borrowing & Debt

Investors' interest in companies' ESG performance, and in ESG-focused investment options, may be pivotal in convincing organizations to take sustainability issues seriously.

Twice as many loss-making firms raised capital last year as did profitable ones, giving many companies additional liquidity to weather investors' tighter purse strings this year.

The corporate bond market faces significantly more risk from rising interest rates than from credit challenges.

Concerns about Chinese property developer China Evergrande Group led at least eight blue-chip companies to stop planned bond sales.

Chicken processor prepares to be a pioneer in a market that has been slow to adopt the new interest rate benchmark.

Interest rate premium on borrowing for high-yield vs. investment-grade businesses hits the lowest level since 2007.

In its third time since April tapping the market, Apple is taking advantage of cheap borrowing costs to return more cash to shareholders.

The numbers are not unexpected, after corporate borrowing growth—T&R research shows a big swing in the proportion of companies that are net borrowers.