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HSBC's additional tier one bond, sold this week, included a feature that helps insulate issuers from secondary market volatility, and which bankers say is destined to become broadly used in the asset class, writes Graham Bippart.

Jordanian pharma company Hikma Pharmaceuticals is meeting — the first senior unsecured bond from Jordan since 2010.

A €275m loan backing the sale of E.ON's Spanish and Portuguese assets is still in the leveraged finance market, after passing an initial March 20 deadline for commitments without the book being closed.

Teva Pharmaceuticals priced its largest euro-denominated bond on Tuesday with a dual tranche eight and 12 year which came roughly flat to the dollar equivalent, according to bankers.

Akbank paid 12.5bp NIP for a rare 10 year senior bond from a Turkish bank on Tuesday, the bank’s second appearance in the international market this year.

UK broadcaster Sky has issued its first floating rate note, a €600m five year.

German automotive supplier Schaeffler AG on Thursday announced a €1.5bn-equivalent dual currency three tranche bond issue, designed to opportunistically refinance high coupon debt.

The additional tier one market took on another entrant on Thursday with the launch of Standard Chartered’s debut, which brought in a book size reminiscent of the halcyon days of the asset class in late 2013 and early 2014.

Jordanian pharma company Hikma Pharmaceuticals is meeting investors for its inaugural bond, and the first senior unsecured bond from Jordan since 2010.

Standard Chartered started taking orders from investors for its first ever additional tier one (AT1) bond on Thursday, having gauged investor sentiment in Asia, Europe and US earlier in the week.

The AA, formerly the Automobile Association, the UK car breakdown assistance group, on Wednesday began marketing £735m of class 'B' notes.

Anglo American, the London-headquartered South African mining company, has issued a €600m five year bond.