What You Should Know About US Capital Markets in Q1

NEW YORK CITY—Total long-term securities issuance was $1.65 trillion in the first quarter of 2016. So says a recent report from locally based Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. As first reported by GlobeSt.com sister publication, ALM’s ThinkAdvisor.com , this was an 11.6% increase from $1.48 trillion issued in the fourth quarter of 2015 but a 5.4% decline year over year from $1.75 trillion in the first quarter of 2015, according to the report. SIFMA recently published its Research Quarterly Report for the first quarter of 2016, which compiles statistics, including issuance data, for a broad range of asset classes across the U.S. capital markets. The report finds that issuance rose quarter to quarter across all asset classes—except mortgage-related securities issuance. Click here for the full article with a breakdown of the seven asset classes included in SIFMA’s Research Quarterly report.