Summary
Capital markets issuance began to recover in 2024, and the start of looser monetary policy has sparked optimism for a further increase in activity in 2025. Stronger macro fundamentals and central bank rate cuts would help unlock pent-up IPO pipelines and boost capital markets activity. In addition to recent economic performance and the corporate debt outlook, market players are keeping tabs on the rise of generative AI as it has fueled debt issuance but equity investor sentiment has turned more bearish.
Join us on January 8 for an insightful webinar where our industry experts will discuss these and other crucial capital markets topics. Our panel of thought leaders will highlight trends published in our Big Picture 2025 outlook research, including:
- What new monetary policy shifts portend for the capital markets
- The impact of the AI boom
- IPOs in the pipeline and what could be on the way
- Global dividends outlook for 2025
- What else might lie ahead for the capital markets
Speakers
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Vanya Damyanova
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Senior Reporter
Vanya is a senior reporter in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa financial news service of S&P Global Market Intelligence. She is responsible for writing exclusive features and data-driven insights on topics including investment banking, capital market and M&A trends, UK financial services and global banking regulation, as well as performance and strategy of UK, Swiss and German banks.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Iuri Struta
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Editor, TMT
Iuri Struta is a Senior Research Associate at S&P Global Market Intelligence. He specializes in analyzing M&A activity within the technology sector, with a particular focus on fintech and artificial intelligence.
Prior to joining S&P Global in 2022, Iuri conducted research on shareholder activism at Insightia, where, among others, he led the research effort on activism vulnerability assessment. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's degree in international business.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Stella Lim
Dividend Research Lead
Stella Lim is the APAC Dividend Research Lead, Dividend Forecasting within S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Stella leads dividend forecasting research efforts in APAC covering 12 different markets including mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Australia. She is responsible for all research report related initiatives in APAC from idea generation to planning and media communication. Her primary coverage is South Korea indices (KOSPI200, MSCI Korea).
Stella holds a Bachelor of Business Management in Finance from Singapore Management University.
Moderator
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Brian Scheid
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Senior Reporter
Brian Scheid is a New York-based senior reporter, global markets with S&P Global Market Intelligence covering financial markets, monetary policy and US macroeconomics. Prior to joining Market Intelligence in March 2020, he worked for S&P Global Platts since 2010 where he covered multiple beats, including futures and swaps trading, Dodd-Frank financial reform efforts, Congress, the White House and multiple federal agencies. He last covered US crude oil policy and co-hosted Platts Capitol Crude, a weekly podcast. Previously, he worked for daily newspapers in Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Mr. Scheid is a graduate of Boston College.