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Italian electricity supplier Enel sold its second green bond on Tuesday, repeating the timing of its first such offering in 2017, which it also sold in the second week of the year. The latest deal was the same size, but priced tighter and won a larger order book, despite printing with a longer maturity.

The world's largest brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev’s last visit to the euro bond market was to help finance its $107bn acquisition of SAB Miller in 2016 and on Tuesday the issuer returned with a smaller offering that investors were still thirsty for.

The Turkish sovereign has mandated three banks for its usual start of year dollar bond while Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi released guidance for its note. But the latter drew criticism for going head to head with its sovereign.

French telecoms operator Orange sold a new 12 year trade on Tuesday and paid a low new issue premium for the €1bn deal. The deal was one of three that priced on Tuesday, but only seven new issues for the year so far, meaning investors are keen to put their money to work.

Trans Media Corpora, the TV broadcasting arm of Indonesian conglomerate CT Corp, is due to launch a new borrowing into general syndication soon, according to two bankers working on the transaction.

Cellnex, the Spanish telecoms company, has joined the ranks of Europe’s equity-linked issuers after successfully placing a €600m debut convertible bond.

The European Investment Bank is set to bring its first core currency trade of the year, after hiring banks on Monday for a March 2023 global dollar benchmark. Despite a strong start to the year for the currency last week, no other dollar deals from SSAs are on screen — but a new issuer could join in the next few months.

KfW and Dexia Crédit Local are first out the blocks in what looks set to be a busy euro market for public sector borrowers this week.

Surprisingly, given the strength of the corporate bond market, no euro mandates or roadshows were announced on Monday other than Vonovia's €1bn deal, which was completed intraday. However, the sterling market has finally flickered into life.

A $5.5bn senior secured loan to refinance China National Chemical Corp’s (ChemChina) outstanding debt has been launched into general syndication by 16 mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners.

Michelin, the French tyre maker, crowned an interesting first week of the year for Europe's equity-linked bond market on Friday with a $600m equity-neutral convertible bond due in 2023.

Malaysia’s S P Setia will hit the road soon to market a MR1.2bn ($300.5m) placement to institutional investors, said a banker involved in the transaction.