Eusebio Garre, Director & Head of Funding, IDB Invest and Yuri Kuroki, Head of Funding, IFC, discuss how inflation, higher rates, energy volatility and weaker growth are affecting investment in infrastructure, housing and essential services and how development finance institutions can respond, with Bloomberg’s Olivia Raimonde at the 2026 Canadian Finance Conference. (Source: Bloomberg)
Paramount Skydance Corp. has been talking to investors for months about the debt it’s selling to fund its Warner Bros. Discovery buyout, only to find that the longer it’s been forced to talk, the more it has to pay.
Ian Charest, Vice President, Treasury, La Caisse and Charles Lesaux, Head of Funding, BCI, discuss how institutional investors use bond markets to manage funding, liquidity and their balance sheets while supporting broader investment strategies, with Bloomberg’s Layan Odeh at the 2026 Canadian Finance Conference. (Source: Bloomberg)
Randy Ewell, Senior Funding Officer, World Bank Group; Isabelle Laurent, Deputy Treasurer & Head of Funding, EBRD and Charles Perreault, Senior Director, Debt Management, Department of Finance Canada, discuss how global issuers are adapting funding programs to changing rates, geopolitical uncertainty and evolving investor demand, with Bloomberg’s Jorgelina Do Rosario at the 2026 Canadian Finance Conference. (Source: Bloomberg)
A senior Bank of Canada official said the central bank’s rate-setting body is in a “dilemma” and having spirited discussions about how to balance the impact of the trade war against the inflation effects of high energy prices.
PGIM, the asset management arm of Prudential Financial Inc., was the anchor investor on a recent collateralized loan obligation that included a novel safeguard capping the share of its AI-related debt at 15%, according to people familiar with the matter.
James Byra, Managing Director, Finance and Investments, First Nations Finance Authority and Michael Fedchyshyn, CEO, Building Ontario Fund, discuss financing structures to expand Indigenous participation and ownership in major projects, close capital gaps and support long-term economic growth, with Bloomberg’s Paula Sambo at the 2026 Canadian Finance Conference. (Source: Bloomberg)
Nuveen LLC was behind a flurry of trading in Brightline’s municipal debt this week, offering up its entire position in the bankrupt private railroad’s senior uninsured bonds, according to people familiar with the matter.
Chile’s state oil company will shut part of the country’s largest oil refinery for maintenance, threatening to worsen the diesel crunch with global fuel markets never tighter.
Jorge Familiar, Vice President & Treasurer, World Bank Group, discusses the organization’s treasury strategy with Bloomberg’s Olivia Raimonde at the 2026 Canadian Finance Conference. (Source: Bloomberg)
Key OPEC+ members are likely to stick with a plan to hold crude production quotas steady for next month when they meet this weekend, according to two delegates.
Gold Fields Ltd. is considering a sweetened takeover bid for Northern Star Resources Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter, as the South African miner seeks to overcome resistance to a deal that would create the world’s second-largest gold producer.
Manroop Jhooty, Senior Managing Director & Head of Total Fund Management, CPP Investments, discusses how financing supports the fund’s investment strategy, including capital deployment, liquidity and risk management across changing market conditions, with Bloomberg’s Amanda Cantrell at the 2026 Canadian Finance Conference. (Source: Bloomberg)
Banks have postponed an offering to amend and extend a $4.13 billion loan for White Cap Supply Holdings LLC, dealing a blow to the construction-supplies distributor’s efforts to push out debt maturities.
Anne Flori, Senior Funding Officer & Investor Relations, CEB and Sydney Siahaija, Head of Funding, BNG, discuss how European public-sector issuers are adapting funding strategies to changing rates, investor demand and geopolitical uncertainty, with Bloomberg’s Chunzi Xu at the 2026 Canadian Finance Conference. (Source: Bloomberg)
Paramount Skydance Corp. is promising to cut $6 billion in costs within three years as it looks to lock in lenders for its blockbuster Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. acquisition.
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President Alberto Musalem says providing clear communication about how a central bank will adjust interest rates based on incoming data can improve the transmission of monetary policy and lead to better economic outcomes during an event in London. (Source: Bloomberg)
A Morgan Stanley-led investor group won Chicago’s approval for its $2.5 billion sale of a parking-meter operation to Stonepeak Partners, ending months of political turmoil around the transaction.
Toni Gravelle, Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada, discusses the outlook for monetary policy, inflation and risks facing Canada’s economy and financial system, with Bloomberg’s Christine Dobby at the 2026 Bloomberg Canadian Finance Conference. (Source: Bloomberg)
