Update: Market Chatter: Bank of America Launches Investment-Grade Bond Sale

11:37 AM EDT, 10/16/2026 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with Bank of America's response in the last paragraph.) Bank of America (BAC) has launched a sale of investment-grade bonds, Bloomberg reported Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The bank is marketing the bonds in as many as four tranches with maturities ranging from three to 11 years, the report said, adding that the longest-dated tranche is initially being offered at a yield premium of about 1.2 percentage points to Treasuries. Bloomberg reported that Bank of America was the only one of the six major Wall Street banks that did not tap the high-grade bond market in the third quarter. The bank has raised $17 billion so far in 2026, the least among the group, according to the report. A Bank of America spokesperson declined to comment to MT Newswires. (Market Chatter news is derived from conversations with market professionals globally. This information is believed to be from reliable sources but may include rumor and speculation. Accuracy is not guaranteed.) Price: 52.18, Change: +0.47, Percent Change: +0.92