Bloomberg Surveillance · Thursday, August 13, 2026
The tech sector is a major driver of new debt issuance this year, with over $1.5 trillion recorded and a pace to surpass pandemic-era records. A significant portion of jumbo deals are concentrated in tech and are not always telegraphed in advance, unlike typical M&A transactions, causing some market indigestion.
“Sure has been a very busy year more than one and a half trillion. We're on pace to surpass the pandemic era record, which was an incredibly active year for new issuance activity.”
“You had mentioned sixty percent of the deals that are ten billion or more so far this year have been concentrated in the tech sector, and importantly, they haven't been telegraphed in advance like we typically see with M and A transactions with debt.”
“By contrast, what we've seen in twenty twenty six is a more frequent pace of deals that are not related to M and A. They're related to the AI build out, and so they're not coming in such a well telegraphed manner, and so it's causing some indigestion.”