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The article provides information on U.S. dollar corporate bonds issued by Abbott Laboratories. The launch date of the bonds was on May 9, 2006. Bookrunners of the deal include ABN Amro and Morgan Stanley. About 80 to 85 percent of the transaction was sold into the U.S.

The article focuses on the southeast Asian bond market in 2015 and factors which could impact bond performance. It states from 2005-2014 the annual bond issuance for southeastern Asian nations grew from 38 billion to 109 billion dollars while corporate bond issuance grew from 20 billion to 78 billion dollars. It mentions factors behind the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998 which was caused by a strengthening U.S. dollar and speculates on the impact increased U.S. interest rates will have.

The article reports that corporate bonds have broken through the one trillion U.S. dollar mark for the first time in 2009. According to data from Dealogic, the tightening spreads over the last few months have not hindered record issuance. There has been a 22% increase in the issuances of non-financial corporates, which raised 1.1 trillion U.S. dollars. A warning was issued by bankers about the reopening of the primary market in September 2009.

The article presents a commentary on the U.S. dollar bond issued by E.On International Finance on June 10, 2009. Morgan Stanley and UBS served as bookrunners for the deal. The borrower said it was their first Eurodollar transaction and given where the basis swap is the market offered them a great opportunity for funding. It was priced at 70 basis points (bp) over mid-swaps, which came through the euro secondary curve. According to the bookrunners, E.On is in a very comfortable position and has done plenty of funding.

The article reports on the slow activity in the U.S. dollar corporate bond market as of June 2008. The market saw less than $10 billion bond which includes the $1.75 billion preferred deal for Allianz led by Citigroup and Merrill Lynch. Among the companies that have successful transactions were Suncor Energy and South Western Electric Power. The planned $250 million 10 year bond issue by American Financial Group was cancelled due to market conditions.

The article provides information on the U.S. dollar-linked corporate bonds issued from February to March 2006. Bonds issued by Comcast Corp. were priced at 99.399. The joint bookrunners of the bonds from UnitedHealth Group Inc. are Citigroup, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley.