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European Investment Bank picked up €3bn on Tuesday with an April 2032 benchmark that drew a higher degree of French investor participation than is typical for the supranational, said bankers.

China Development Bank has mandated leads to work on a dual-currency offering, while the Republic of Indonesia is set for a roadshow ahead of new euro-denominated notes.

Indiabulls Housing Finance has become the latest company in the sector from the country to access the syndicated loan market, launching a $125m deal.

Supranational issuers are lining up to tap the long end of the euro curve, with the European Investment Bank set to price an April 2032 benchmark and the European Financial Stability Facility printing a dual tranche deal.

US conglomerate the 3M Co visited Europe on Monday for a €1bn dual tranche bond that tapped the long end of the market, an area that experienced some jitters last week.

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.