Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s largest carmaker, and at least 20 other firms are looking to raise funds in October. That would add to ¥12.7 trillion of deals so far this year, the most for that period on record. In contrast, US investment-grade corporate bond issuance has fallen to the lowest in four years.
A government push for savers to shift more into investments is resulting in a more active credit market and a broader range of products. Among public offerings, there was a debut sale of bonds by a company without credit ratings, and SoftBank Corp. is planning to issue bond-type stock in the first of its kind in the country.
At the same time, investors in Japanese corporate bonds have enjoyed a return of 0.5% so far this year, after the first annual loss in 11 years in 2022. An end to the BOJ’s negative-rate policy and yield-curve control program may come in January, with a “risk of early revision” in December, Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co. said last week.
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