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KfW and Canada both launched dollar benchmarks on Wednesday, bringing a pair of highly subscribed and tight deals. Following their success, two Asian SSA issuers prepare to join the busy dollar market.

Ireland's Electricity Supply Board opened 2020's sterling corporate bond market on Tuesday and won enough demand to increase the £300m deal slightly.

Banco BPM did not need to pay a new issue premium to follow UBI Banca with the sale of an additional tier one (AT1) on Tuesday, as Italian banks make the most of an 'issuer's market' at the beginning of 2020.

Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi (TSKB) is planning to print a five year senior unsecured dollar bond on Wednesday. A lead manager on the deal said that the size of the note is likely to be below benchmark because the bank has limited liquidity needs.

Sinopharm Holding (China) Finance Leasing Co is seeking a $215m-equivalent loan.

Two Indonesian deals brought international investors some relief from the onslaught of Chinese bonds on Monday. Pertamina and Tower Bersama Infrastructure netted a combined $1.85bn from three tranches of notes.

South Korean steel company Posco made a blockbuster return to the debt market on Monday, raising $940m from dollar investors and €500m from the European market. The peak order book of about $5.75bn for the dollar portions reflected investors’ eagerness to take on investment grade risk.

Seven borrowers from Greater China raised about $2bn from new dollar bonds on Monday, while Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific tapped the Singapore dollar market.

Environmentally minded investors piled into green and sustainable corporate bond issues in Europe on Monday, with deals for Energias de Portugal, South Korean steel company Posco and National Grid garnering around €10.3bn of demand.

The UK’s National Grid Electricity Transmission made a barnstorming entrance to the green bond market on Monday, cutting its spread and winning a bumper book for its first euro bond issue in more than a decade.

The European Financial Stability Facility took the spotlight in the euro public sector bond market on Monday with an intraday execution ahead of a busy week. The European Investment Bank, Council of Europe Development Bank, Spain and Cyprus have all announced new deals.

KfW picked banks on Monday to lead the dollar market's first three year SSA deal of the year, while infrequent issuer Canada is looking to ride the recent wave of five year dollar supply after appointing banks to lead a new benchmark deal.