London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) said its debt market remained active in the second quarter of 2026, with more than 7,500 bonds issued, raising more than $280 billion.

“Despite a 14% decrease in issuance volumes compared with Q2 2025, our markets have now reached 43,000 active bonds,” said LSEG.

“Q2 saw a wide range of global borrowers including the governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Federative Republic of Brazil, Aloqabank’s debut issuance, Emlak Konut Varlik Kiralama’s debut issuance, the Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, the Export-Import Bank of Korea, and many more …

“The Sustainable Bond Market (SBM) saw over $13 billion raised by 34 issuances in Q2 2026. Key transactions from the year include the Republic of Serbia’s €900 million green bond, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s $2 billion Global Sustainable Development bond, Ecobank’s $450 million nature bond, China Construction Bank Corporations $1 billion green bond, Standard Chartered’s HKD2 billion green wonton bond …”

The Democratic Republic of the Congo raised $1.25 billion through its first Eurobond issuance, listed on the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market.

The 5-year and 10-year dual-tranche bond was oversubscribed, attracting over $5.2 billion in investor orders from more than 110 global investors. Proceeds will fund infrastructure, energy and social development projects.

Kyrgyzstan’s Eldik Bank completed its debut $500 million 5-year Eurobond issuance with an 8.5% coupon, listed on the London Stock Exchange’s International Securities Market. The transaction marked the first-ever corporate international bond issuance from the Kyrgyz Republic and attracted strong demand from global institutional investors across the UK, US and EU.

Starling Group Holdings completed its inaugural £150 million Tier 2 bond issuance, listed on the London Stock Exchange’s International Securities Market. The transaction marked the first rated public bond issuance by a European neobank and attracted demand exceeding 2.5 times the amount offered.

Uzbekistan’s joint-stock Commercial “Aloqabank” issued a $300 million 5-year Eurobond on the London Stock Exchange’s International Securities Market. The transaction marked Uzbekistan’s first US dollar-denominated international bond issuance in 2026 and attracted over $1 billion in investor orders.

LSEG said $623 billion was raised on the London Stock Exchange through bond transactions in the first half of 2026. LSEG said there were 13,997 bond transactions on the London Stock Exchange in H1 of 2026 — and there were 74% more bond issuances on the London Stock Exchange in H1 of 2026 than H1 of 2025.