Record start to the year: €450,000 million in bond issues
This has been a record start to the year, with €450,000 million in issuance. This exceeds the €422,000 million of the previous best start, in 2020, thanks mainly to the also record volume of €287,000 million of financial issues. Within financial issuance, the €124,000 million of covered bond issuance also marked a record start to the year, surpassing the previous record of €110,000 million last year and almost doubling the…