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Kommuninvest printed a $1bn three year dollar bond on Wednesday, following the example set by Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK) but shaving an extra few basis points from its spread.

The UK Debt Management Office on Tuesday extended the conventional Gilt curve while breaking two of its syndication records. Bankers off the deal hailed the “great result”, while leads highlighted that the deal was already performing in secondary just a few hours after pricing.

Climbing US Treasury yields and tightening swap spreads are pushing out levels in dollars, but Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK) managed a successful three year trade — a good omen for an upcoming deal from Kommuninvest on Wednesday.

German chemicals company BASF found substantial demand for its second visit to the corporate bond market to fund its acquisition of Bayer’s seed business.

The volume of euro and sterling high yield bonds on sale in Europe jumped to €1bn on Tuesday, after NBG Pangaea and Premier Foods hit the market with new offerings. Meanwhile, retail high yield funds enjoyed a second week of inflows.

Royal Bank of Scotland was selling new senior unsecured bonds in the dollar market on Tuesday, building on a series of success prints from European financial institutions.

A rare floating rate note from Peking University Founder Group on Monday stood out in a busy market, raising the question of whether the format can become popular among corporations.

The World Bank has printed its first sterling floating rate note in almost six years, raising a whopping £750m with the deal.

Two A-rated corporates went head to head in the euro corporate bond market on Monday as UK pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline and US electrical systems manufacturer United Technologies Corp both launched triple-tranche deals, with two matching maturities, which totalled €4.5bn.

Israel Chemicals, a leading global specialty minerals and chemicals company, has named leads for a rare long dollar deal, combined with a tender offer.

Peking University Founder Group, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and BOC Aviation came out with floating rate deals on Monday as the format continues to find favour among investors.

HSBC took home $6bn from a callable bond issuance on Thursday, after Barclays opened the callable market for jumbo Yankee issuers earlier in the week.