CUSIP Request Volumes for New Corporate Securities Slow in August

NORWALK, Conn., Sept. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CUSIP Global Services (CGS) today announced the release of its CUSIP Issuance Trends Report for August 2025. The report, which tracks the issuance of new security identifiers as an early indicator of debt and capital markets activity over the next quarter, found a monthly decrease in request volume for new corporate identifiers, while monthly request volume for new municipal identifiers rose in August.

North American corporate CUSIP requests totaled 7,650 in August, which is down 9.1% on a monthly basis. On an annualized basis, North American corporate requests were up 8.9% over August 2024 totals. The monthly decline was driven by a 4.0% decrease in request volume for new corporate equity identifiers, a 6.5% decrease in request volume for U.S. corporate debt identifiers and an 18.0% decrease in requests for Canadian corporate securities.

The aggregate total of identifier requests for new municipal securities ? including municipal bonds, long-term and short-term notes, and commercial paper ? rose 5.5% versus July totals. On a year-over-year basis, overall municipal volumes were up 20.4% through the end of August. Texas led state-level municipal request volume with a total of 310 new CUSIP requests in August, followed by New York (181) and California (85).

?It is noteworthy that municipal request volumes reversed course in August, trending positive after two consecutive monthly declines to help push year-over-year municipal requests volumes up over 20% vs. what we saw in the first eight months of 2024,? said Gerard Faulkner, Director of Operations for CGS. ?Municipal activity in the state of Texas has played a big role in that surge, with 310 new CUSIP requests made in the month of August alone.?

Requests for international equity CUSIPs fell 6.9% in August and international debt CUSIP requests fell 16.0%. On an annualized basis, international equity CUSIP requests were up 22.8% and international debt CUSIP requests were up 14.1%.

To view the full CUSIP Issuance Trends report for August, please click here.

Following is a breakdown of new CUSIP Identifier requests by asset class year-to-date through August 2025:

Asset Class	2025 YTD	2024 YTD	YOY Change
U.S. Corporate Debt	23,017	16,424	40.1%
Long-Term Municipal Notes	589	455	29.5%
International Equity	1,223	996	22.8%
Private Placement Securities	3,536	2,889	?22.4%
Municipal Bonds	7,871	6,520	20.7%
International Debt	4,645	4,072	14.1%
Canada Corporate Debt & Equity	4,471	4,043	10.6%
Syndicated Loans	1,956	1,874	4.4%
U.S. Corporate Equity	7,798	7,743	0.7%
Short-Term Municipal Notes	696	740	-5.9%
CDs < 1-year Maturity	6,266	6,688	-6.3%
CDs > 1-year Maturity	5,127	5,753	-10.9%
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