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Summary
After navigating a volatile Q1, the capital markets stabilized in 2023 and finished the year with a small flurry of IPO activity. Corporations maintained access to the debt markets despite higher interest rates and bank liquidity concerns. However, equity issuance was tamped down across the board. Although the deal pipeline looks promising, investors are still waiting to see whether central banks require further action to temper inflation and how markets will react before ramping up support for new deals.
Register for our webinar to discuss the following topics with our speakers:
- Sector-focused reviews and outlooks for 2024 equity issuance
- Tracking rate activity and potential further central bank action
- The corporate standpoint on potential investments
- IPO review and calendar outlook
Speaker
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Chris Fenske
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Head of Capital Markets Research
Chris Fenske is currently Head of Capital Markets Research for the Global Markets Group at S&P Global Market Intelligence, where he focuses on providing insight into the liquidity and performance of equity and debt capital markets.
Chris Fenske is currently Head of Capital Markets Research for the Global Markets Group at S&P Global Market Intelligence, where he focuses on providing insight into the liquidity and performance of equity and debt capital markets. Prior to joining S&P Global, he was a senior vice president at NY based hedge fund, where he managed a $900 million portfolio of distressed securitized products. He began his career at Credit Suisse as a fixed income research analyst on the #1 ranked mortgage ABS research team by Institutional Investor Magazine and later became a trader of distressed MBS and credit default swaps on ABS.
Alyssa Grzelak
Director, Country Default and Banking Risk
Alyssa leads a team of economists responsible for the banking sector risk ratings, analysis, and forecasts of the world's most intriguing and hard-to-monitor emerging market financial sectors.
Alyssa leads a team of economists responsible for the banking sector risk ratings, analysis, and forecasts of the world's most intriguing and hard-to-monitor emerging market financial sectors. Her particular focus is on banking sector risk in the Middle East and Africa region, as well as Turkey. She has over 10 years' experience analyzing financial sector risks in emerging markets and assessing counterparty credit risks.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Joe Mantone
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Financial Institutions News Desk Editor, Americas
Joe Mantone is the News Desk Manager for the U.S. financial institutions group at S&P Global Market Intelligence and the author of a quarterly white paper on M&A and equity capital markets activity. He also hosts the new podcast The Pipeline: M&A and IPO Insights.
Joe joined the U.S. FIG team in 2008 and covered investment banks for more than 10 years before moving into his current role. Joe has been working as a business journalist for nearly 20 years and previously worked for The Wall Street Journal and the Crain Communications magazine, Modern Healthcare. Joe is based in New York.
He holds a master’s degree in journalism from Roosevelt University and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Arizona State University.
Moderator
Ingrid Lexova
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Economics, Markets and Trade Reporter
Based in Pittsburgh, Ingrid is an Economics, Markets and Trade Reporter with the Credit & Markets team. Her previous experience includes covering the US steel market as a price reporter at Platts and reporting on agricultural commodities at a fintech startup.
Based in Pittsburgh, Ingrid is an Economics, Markets and Trade Reporter with the Credit & Markets team. Her previous experience includes covering the US steel market as a price reporter at Platts and reporting on agricultural commodities at a fintech startup. Ingrid holds a B.A. in English and Environmental Studies from Washington & Jefferson College.
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