In the second half of 2021 the number of debt offerings decreased significantly by 66.7% from the same period in 2020.

This marks an acceleration in growth from the 75.9% decrease in deals that occurred in H1 2021 relative to the same period a year earlier.

During second half of 2021, debt offerings accounted for 5.8% of all deals taking place in the sector. This represents a decrease from the figure of 13.4% in second half of 2020.

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The highest value debt offering announced in 2021 (where the deal value was known), is the funds to be raised by Rolls-Royce Holdings in a bond offering. The debt offering is set to be worth $1287.1m.