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Europe’s corporate bond investors had the spectrum of credit ratings to pick from on Thursday, from A- rated Volvo Treasury down to German speculative grade fallen angel ZF Friedrichshafen.

French reinsurer Scor launched a tier two at a negative new issue premium on Thursday, finding plenty of demand after a prolonged absence from the market.

AIA Group has issued a $1.75bn subordinated bond, which will be the first to qualify as tier two capital under a new regulatory framework in the works in Hong Kong. Alice Huang reports.

Yorkshire Building Society was more than three times subscribed for a new euro senior deal on Thursday, despite worsening EU-UK relations in the run-up to the Brexit date.

The Republic of Korea wowed investors in the dollar and euro markets on Wednesday, with a record $1.45bn-equivalent dual-tranche bond. The deal, split between 10 year dollar and five year euro notes, was priced at ultra-tight spreads — including a negative yield for the euro tranche. Morgan Davis reports.

The World Bank has selected a trio of banks for a new 15 year Sustainable Development Bond (SDB), its first euro benchmark of its 2020/21 fiscal year. Elsewhere, the Republic of Korea scooped €700m with its return to the euro market after a six year absence.

Bevco, an investment holding company (holdco) owned by the Santo Domingo family; French transport infrastructure company Holding d’Infrastructures de Transport and Irish safety conglomerate Johnson Controls drummed up €12.4bn of demand between them on Wednesday, as investors piled into high grade corporates in the primary market.

Caisse d’Amortissement de la Dette Sociale (Cades) made an impressive debut in the social bond market on Wednesday with the biggest ever deal in the format by any issuer, overtaking the previous record set by Unédic earlier in the year.

BOC Aviation paid investors a small premium on Tuesday to seal a $750m decade bond.

Ford, the US car maker, offered investment grade bond investors the chance to dip into high yield on Tuesday, while its rival Nissan Motor is lining up a seven tranche behemoth bond issue that will create a euro curve out to eight years.

As Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) returned to the sustainability bond market on Tuesday to sell its second bond in the format, fellow French agency Caisse d’Amortissement de la Dette Sociale (Cades) mandated for its own sustainability bond debut.

Ryanair left parts of the corporate bond market ‘gobsmacked’ on Tuesday, as the first benchmark-sized new issue from an airline since lockdowns from Covid-19 battered the sector managed to reprice the issuer’s curve.