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Hamburg Commercial Bank is aiming to establish a regular market presence as part of its post-privatisation transformation plan by following a senior deal on Tuesday with a return to a non-preferred format later this year.

Mamoura Diversified Global Holding, an Abu Dhabi sovereign investment vehicle, launched a euro bond on Thursday. Issuers with access to and a need for both currencies, investors said, will find a haven in the euro market while volatility in dollar yields continues.

Barclays won plaudits for steering a 21 non-call 20 tier two into an extremely tight pricing level this week, following earlier examples from the large French banks. It accompanied its deal with the sale of some long dated senior paper.

Europe’s high grade corporate investors had their pick of US risk on Wednesday, with a trio of names raising €5.2bn of debt across seven tranches.

Italy took orders of over €80bn for its first green BTP on Wednesday to become the latest sovereign to enter the green bond market. Germany was also in market, raising €3bn with its first 15 year deal via auction.

Enel, the Italian power and gas company, proved that demand still exists in euros for chunky hybrid debt with a €2.2bn dual tranche deal on Wednesday that saw more than three times oversubscription at peak demand and offered no new issue concession.

Münchener Hypothekenbank (MunHyp) and the Bank of Ireland sold their first euro green bonds on Wednesday, offering up 2bp-3bp of new issue premium to do so.

Italy picked the banks to lead its debut green bond on Tuesday after unveiling its sovereign green framework to investors last week.

AusNet Services, the Australian power networks company, got a rapturous response from investors for its rare euro hybrid capital bond issue on Tuesday, as they are eager to buy subordinated debt, even though riskier assets sold off last week.

KfW rebooted the short end of the euro public sector bond market on Tuesday with a well subscribed trade which offered a modest new issue premium. The deal shared the euro SSA market with the State of Baden-Württemberg’s debut green bond.

Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCB) returned to the senior preferred market for the first time in 21 months this week, extending its maturity curve as it works on finishing a multi-year transformation plan following its privatisation.

Mamoura Diversified Global Holding, an Abu Dhabi sovereign investment vehicle, has mandated banks to sound out interest for a euro bond. The mandate follows a week of issuance in the currency from other CEEMEA borrowers.