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BlackRock has signed a $4.4bn revolving credit agreement linked to gender and racial diversity metrics, becoming one of the most prominent companies globally to use key performance indicators focused on staff equality in its main bank line.

Deliveroo and its shareholders raised £1.5bn this week. The IPO was a dog, priced at the bottom of its range and falling 20% on its debut. But it’s hard to feel sympathy for the investors.

London’s Heathrow Airport flew into the investment grade bond markets again on Tuesday, while its rival Gatwick Airport was marketing a high yield issue.

An environmental activist institute has argued that the bookrunners of a Korea National Oil Corp $700m bond priced on Tuesday are being inconsistent with their own climate policies, and might even be taking legal risks, because of the issuer's exposure to tar sands oil production in Canada.

Verbund, the Austrian electricity company, became the first European issuer to sell a green sustainability-linked bond on Wednesday, combining the benefits of two different approaches to sustainable finance in a single deal.

Europe’s high grade corporate bond market was busy this week, as slightly improved market conditions prompted a diverse set of issuers to lock in funding before the end of the quarter.

E.On, the German electricity company, became the second corporate issuer in as many days to issue green bonds in line with the draft EU Taxonomy. It matched Verbund by printing them flat to fair value.

Verbund, the Austrian electricity company, became the first European issuer to sell a green sustainability-linked bond on Wednesday. The highly rated issuer printed 20 year debt at a razor-thin spread.

Europe’s high grade bond market continued to pump out deals on Wednesday, with Vantage Towers raising three tranches of debt after its IPO and Japan’s Nidec selling a green trade.

Verbund, Austria’s largest electricity provider, is in its second and final day of marketing a green and sustainability linked 20 year trade, in a closely watched deal that is expected to see insatiable demand.

Europe’s high grade corporate bond pipeline is bulging this week, as slightly improved market conditions from last week have prompted a diverse set of issuers to lock in funding before the end of the quarter.

Tuya's shares soared nearly 20% on their debut in the US on Thursday, after the internet-of-things cloud platform provider raised $915.4m by pricing its IPO above the marketed range.