Megadeals propel $1T global equity issuance; AI infrastructure dominates
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IPO Edge hosted a fireside chat at Nasdaq MarketSite on Oct. 5 with Samuel Kerr, Head of Global Equity Capital Markets and Head of Mergermarket EMEA at ION. The in-person interview was joined by Editor-in-Chief John Jannarone and they discussed: Global equity capital markets…
Read at the source ↗MARKET IMPACTHIGH✦ News Impact agent estimateTone: expected bullishGlobal equity issuance surpasses $1 trillion in 2026, driven by AI megadeals and infrastructure investment.AI-generated summary
✦ IN BRIEF · AIAI-generated summary
- 01Global equity capital markets issuance surpassed $1 trillion in the first nine months of 2026.
- 02AI infrastructure is the dominant force behind the capital markets.
- 03Megadeals involving Alphabet and SpaceX are driving the numbers.
- 04Alphabet returned to the equity market after roughly two decades of returning capital to shareholders.
NEWS IMPACT AND MARKET REACTIONChange from the reference price
Alphabet Inc.349.37 USD-0.26%today -0.32%Positive Alphabet Inc.346.19 USD-0.29%today -0.34%Positive Space Exploration Technologies Corp.163.61 USD-0.47%today -2.38%Positive Microsoft Corporation530.87 USD+0.12%today +0.21%Positive Intel Corp.109.58 USD+0.05%today -3.13%Neutral
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