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ABN Amro printed the first FIG green bond of the year at a level flat to its senior curve on Monday, as investors showed keen interest in the new issue.

Bookmaker William Hill on Friday sold £350m of unsecured bonds in a sterling high yield market increasingly convinced that the June referendum will support the UK’s European Union membership.

SNCF Réseau sold a dual tranche euro deal on Friday, its second benchmark of the year. The French agency is stepping up its benchmark activity in light of increased funding needs, according to a banker at one of the leads.

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group successfully priced its first international green bond on Thursday, keeping the momentum going for the asset class in China. The issuer opted for a standby letter of credit from Bank of China’s London branch in a bid to attract investors and cut its funding costs.

Singapore's DBS is looking to expand its covered bond investor base and has now set its sights on an Australian dollar offering.

If all asset classes that ECB touches turns to gold, this week the corporate bond market showed signs that they do not remain that way. The astonishing run of issuance is by no means over, but deals’ bookrunners are recording increasingly contradictory results, writes Ross Lancaster.

A remarkable week for public sector dollar issuance could lead into an even more impressive spell, after the release of hawkish US Federal Reserve minutes moved the 10 year part of the curve tantalisingly close to borrowers’ grasps. Craig McGlashan reports.

BP showed on Thursday that there is still life in the equity-neutral convertible bond structure, bringing a £400m deal that was oversubscribed and priced within its marketed range.

The European Financial Stability Facility is the biggest confirmed name for euro issuance next week, with a wide variety of trade options open to it, according to bankers.

There was a steady stream of sterling deals in the supranational and agency market this week, amid confidence that volumes will keep up until the UK’s referendum on European Union membership is imminent.

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This week’s steady run of one equity block trade a night in the European market continued on Thursday with the biggest deal so far, as Bpifrance, the French state investment fund, launched a €500m sale of more than half its holding in Eiffage, the construction and concessions group.