1. Driven by the AI financing boom, global corporate bond issuance totaled nearly $3.7 trillion in the first half of the year.
2. Shanghai: Deepening the construction of the "Technology Board" in the bond market.
3. Ministry of Finance: New special-purpose bonds issued in the first half of the year reached 2.07 trillion yuan, approximately 47% of the target.
4. Panda bonds issued exceeded 160 billion yuan in the first half of the year, with cumulative issuance surpassing 1.3 trillion yuan.
5. Junshi Biosciences: The second tranche of its 2026 technology innovation bonds was issued.
6. Horizon Robotics plans to issue $450 million in zero-coupon convertible bonds.
7. Bond Connect northbound trading reached 864.9 billion yuan in June, while swap trading volume increased by 1.63 times year-on-year.
8. HSBC favors long-term US inflation-protected bonds.
9. HSBC: Maintains a "mildly bearish" view on Japanese government bonds.
10. Danske Bank: The market is increasingly focused on US Treasury yields.
11. Kuwait's economy is suffering from daily attacks by Iran, prompting it to plan to issue dollar bonds.
