NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- CUSIP Global Services (CGS) today announced the release of its CUSIP Issuance Trends Report for October 2014.  The report, which tracks the issuance of new security identifiers as an early indicator of debt and capital markets activity, suggests growth in U.S. corporate securities and municipal bond issuance and stability in international securities issuance over the next several weeks.

Total CUSIP requests for new U.S. and Canadian corporate equity and debt issues posted an 8.8% monthly increase in October over September with a total of 2,186 new identifiers requested over the course of the month.  October saw the highest volume of new corporate CUSIP requests so far in 2014.  On a year-over-year basis, corporate CUSIP request volume for October was up 3.8% versus the same period in 2013.

Municipal CUSIP volume increased noticeably in October after experiencing some volatility over the last two months.  A total of 1,328 municipal bond IDs were requested in October, up 48.2% from September totals.  On a year-over-year basis, municipal identifier demand is down 8.3% through October of 2014.

International debt and equity CUSIP International Numbers (CINS) requests both saw slight decreases in volume last month, following several months of steady growth.  Total requests for new international equity CINS decreased 7.9% while international debt CINS requests decreased 17.2% from September to October.  On a year-over-year basis, international equity requests are up 54.4% and international debt CUSIP requests are up 27.3% in 2014.

"The big story this month is the return of the municipal bond market, which is seeing new issuance volume buoyed by partial pre-refundings taking advantage of low interest rates," said Gerard Faulkner, Director of Operations for CUSIP Global Services.  "Overall, we're seeing very steady request volume for new CUSIP IDs across all asset classes, indicating that many market participants are girding themselves for an active first quarter of 2015."

"After several months of volatility in the overall volume of new CUSIP requests, issuers have made their intentions to enter the market clear in October," said Richard Peterson, Director, Global Markets Intelligence, S&P Capital IQ.  "Based on the strong volume of new ID requests we've seen this month, it is clear that issuers plan to seize on current equity and debt market dynamics to enter the marketplace."

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Following is a breakdown of new CUSIP identifier requests by asset class year-to-date through October 2014:

The CUSIP Global Services trends report is issued to the marketplace on a monthly basis.   For more information, please visit www.cusip.com. 

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SOURCE CUSIP Global Services