AMERICAS BUSINESS & INFORMATION SERVICES Weekly debt issuance, AUM, exchange traded derivative volumes and fund formation as of 8/10/26

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Equity Research

9 August 2026 | 9:00PM PDT

AMERICAS BUSINESS & INFORMATION SERVICES

Weekly debt issuance, AUM, exchange traded derivative volumes and

fund formation as of 8/10/26

Global debt issuance volumes decreased 30% y/y for the week of 8/3/26, with 9%

y/y growth YTD. For the week of 8/3/26, global corporate investment grade issuance

increased 93% y/y, high yield issuance declined 91% and leveraged loan issuance fell

97%, while global financial institutions issuance expanded 12% and structured

finance issuance decreased 85%. Period average S&P index-linked ETF AUM rose

31% y/y for the week of 8/3/26, with SPGI ESG ETF AUM up 15%, while MSCI

index-linked ETF AUM expanded 35%, with MSCI ESG ETF AUM up 18%. S&P-linked

exchange traded derivative volumes across the CBOE and CME exchanges increased

18% y/y for the week of 8/3/26, while MSCI-linked exchange traded derivative

volumes across the Eurex and ICE exchanges grew 44%. The total number of global

funds rose 7% y/y, with global fund formation down 45%, for the week of 8/3/26,

while the total number of ESG funds expanded 3%, with global ESG fund formation

down 50%.

George K. Tong, CFA

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Alex Lakritz

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Sami Nasir, CFA

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Exhibit 1: Weekly Global Capital Markets Update Through 8/10/26

Global Debt Issuance

Volumes

($mn)

Date

Y/Y

SPGI AUM

AUM

Y/Y

($mn)

MSCI AUM

AUM

Y/Y

($mn)

SPGI ETD

Contracts

Y/Y

(000s)

MSCI ETD

Contracts

Y/Y

(000s)

Quarterly

3Q '25

1

1,644,183

21%

4,345,537

20%

1,858,018

17%

763,736

12%

21,175

10%

4Q '25

0

1,260,276

5%

4,812,819

22%

2,051,217

22%

707,583

(5%)

18,594

(6%)

1Q '26

1

1,832,949

4%

5,192,677

23%

2,223,547

29%

842,640

26%

19,687

(1%)

2Q '26

0

1,855,299

33%

5,379,329

22%

2,416,614

37%

912,838

19%

24,482

2%

Monthly

May '26

1

652,039

15%

5,879,800

37%

2,643,533

43%

278,415

22%

13,547

20%

Jun '26

0

673,453

29%

6,060,634

34%

2,710,076

39%

345,752

57%

13,547

20%

Jul '26

0

393,905

(26%)

6,088,419

30%

2,694,063

35%

310,327

42%

4,613

25%

7/13/2026

0

107,731

(7%)

6,009,694

33%

2,681,084

38%

79,441

51%

1,228

48%

7/20/2026

0

72,055

(43%)

6,052,690

28%

2,645,046

31%

68,027

43%

898

17%

7/27/2026

1

67,988

(48%)

6,075,217

29%

2,677,341

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