We ask Simon Olsen, equity capital markets partner at Deloitte, how direct listings work compared with traditional initial public offerings (IPOs), what the process means for investors, existing and new.

The trend to green investing is leading to tighter spreads for investors as they compete to access these securities, with a perceived higher value.

Understanding potential bond issuance can be invaluable to investors and buy-side traders planning ahead.

The CEO of global online trading platform eToro discusses going public.

Initial offerings in Mining and Tech have driven growth in Canada.

US recovery and inflation is shaking up new bond auctions.

China has buoyed investor sentiment in the country. The government is focused on deleveraging the economy and providing localized support to assuage default concerns, which were rising last year says Jason Tan of CreditSights.

Central banks are impacting primary and secondary market activity in their role as rate setters and bond buyers.

In Latin America, the yield curve began steepening last year as Latin American central banks slashed rates to record lows across the region, and export prices are rising in many countries, but currencies are decoupled from export prices.

Deals have seen a lot of support from investors this year, giving a great start says Santino Bibbo, managing director of Cabrera Capital Markets.