May Cusip Issuance Trends Signal Continued Growth in International Debt Issuance ; Cusip Global Services Report Shows International Debt Identifier Requests Increased by 142 Percent Over 2009 Figures; Us Corporate Issuance and International Equity Issuance Showing Signs of Slowdown

U.S. Newswire › January 18, 2011

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NEW YORK, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- CUSIP Global Services (CGS) today announced the release of its CUSIP Issuance Trends Report for May 2010. The report, which tracks the issuance of new security identifiers on a sector-by-sector, asset class-by-asset class and regional basis, offers an early indicator of nascent market trends and developing hot spots of capital creation.

According to the report, new international debt issuance increased 142.3 percent year-over-year with 129 identifiers issued this May. Elsewhere in the capital markets, requests for new CUSIP identifiers has begun to decline on a month-over-month basis, though year-over-year totals are still in positive territory. US Corporate securities issuance declined 1.3 percent on a month-to-month basis. Year-over-year, US Corporate securities issuance was up 39.5 percent. US Municipal bond identifier requests were also up in May. International Equity issuance was up 24.3 percent year-over-year.

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May Cusip Issuance Trends Signal Continued Growth in International Debt Issuance ; Cusip Global Services Report Shows International Debt Identifier Requests Increased by 142 Percent Over 2009 Figures; Us Corporate Issuance and International Equity Issuance Showing Signs of Slowdown

"We're seeing mixed signals in the CUSIP issuance data this month," said Richard Peterson, Director, ...

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