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Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank Group rose when it began trading after its IPO on Wednesday, having completed its separation from National Australia Bank with a £396m flotation.

Kommunalbanken on Wednesday sold the first five year dollar benchmark from an SSA in three weeks, printing a $1bn no-grow bond.

In a secretive deal that has only come to light now, NBAD signed $1bn of tightly priced one year loans with five close relationship banks at the end of last year. The lenders were Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Crédit Agricole, Citigroup, HSBC and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ.

Worldwide Flight Services, the French cargo and luggage handling company, is seeking to raise €240m through a bond tap and new issue, to support its purchase of US peer Consolidated Aviation Services.

Asia's green bond market welcomed the return of Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) this week. Despite volatility, the frequent issuer priced a green bond flat to its conventional debt and market participants expect more Korean issuers to follow suit, reports Narae Kim.

Kommunalbanken is readying a five year bond in what will be the first dollar benchmark in the tenor for three weeks. Meanwhile, European Investment Bank priced a more conservative three year bond.

As the euro investment grade corporate bond market approached nearly three weeks without a new issue, EasyJet broke the silence on Tuesday with its long-awaited debut bond.

Acadia, the US psychiatric and behavioural healthcare provider, closed its $955m term loan facility on Thursday after first adding, then removing, a sterling tranche.

National Bank of Abu Dhabi has mandated six banks for investor meetings starting February 8.

Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) started building books for its second green bond on Tuesday, almost three years after selling its debut. That green bond was not only the borrower’s first, but Asia’s inaugural offering.

Ascential, the information and events business formerly known as Top Right Group and Emap, has got its London IPO covered.

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank Group was due to close the book for its IPO at 2pm on Monday, having put out a final message to inform investors that orders below 180p a share risked missing out. At that level, the deal size would be £397.5m.