The 30-year Treasury yield stands at 4.987% on April 30, 2026 — nearly 5% — as term premium surges on sticky inflation, rising supply, and fading foreign demand for US debt.
Lincoln International filed an S-1 with the SEC to list on NYSE under ticker LCLN. With $783.8M in 2025 revenue and Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as underwriters, here’s what it means for capital markets.
Meta, Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft will spend ~$700B on AI in 2026 — debt-funding is flooding the investment-grade bond market with record supply.
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square raises $5B in a dual NYSE IPO but shares sink ~18% on debut as retail demand misses the original $25B target.
The FOMC’s April 29 decision leaves the federal funds rate unchanged for a 16th consecutive month, as Treasury yields hold firm and corporate borrowers weigh their next move.
Shell agrees to acquire Canada’s ARC Resources for ~$16 billion, betting on Montney Basin natural gas and LNG Canada’s next phase of expansion.
AMETEK is in exclusive talks to buy Indicor valve and pump units from CD&R for ~$5B, potentially its largest-ever acquisition.
OpenAI closed a record $122 billion funding round in March 2026 at an $852B valuation. Here’s what the deal structure, PBC conversion, and Microsoft renegotiation mean for capital markets.
American Airlines issued $1.14 billion in aircraft-backed bonds on April 27, 2026, to finance 32 new planes — tapping secured credit markets as the carrier braces for a potential full-year loss.
A Del Vecchio heir is buying out siblings for €10 billion, consolidating control of Ray-Ban and Oakley parent EssilorLuxottica in one of Europe’s largest family succession deals.