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China Construction Bank Corp turned to the bond market on Thursday to sell a $2.4bn equivalent multi-currency transaction, with each tranche carrying a socially responsible investment (SRI) label. But recent volatility in the region’s credit market, and the issuer’s own ‘ambiguous’ approach to the trade, posed challenges.

Public Storage wrapped up a quickfire acquisition financing in the US bond market this week, after supply slowed to a trickle as huge swathes of corporate America entered earnings blackouts.

US investment banks have set a high bar for their European rivals by posting record revenues powered by a boom in capital markets underwriting.

SGS, the Swiss corporate testing and verification company, came out aggressively for its debut Eurobond on Wednesday, and was rewarded with a spread flat to fair value.

Abraham Douek has left Citi after 11 years spent working on the bank's FIG debt capital markets desk.

Trans-Oil Group, a Moldova agriculture company, was in the market on Wednesday for a dollar bond. The issuer has a rocky history in debt markets, following a failed attempt at a debut bond in 2018.

Freeport Indonesia, a copper mining company, is in talks with banks for a new $750m loan for capital expenditure, after being forced to cancel a larger facility last year owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sovcomflot, the shipping company majority-owned by the Russian state, is planning to enter the debt capital markets. But the dollar bond mandate comes at a tricky time as military escalation between Russia and Ukraine has caused investor confidence of assets on both sides to fall.

South Korean auto company Kia Corp made its green bond debut on Monday with its first dollar deal since 2017, pricing both tranches at tight levels due to strong support from ESG-focused investors.

Casino operator Genting Malaysia bagged $1bn from a 10 year bond on Monday, surpassing the size expectations for the trade.

A slew of mandates hit Europe’s high grade corporate bond market on Monday, with issuers increasingly adding their ESG ratings to investor communications that cover their whole enterprise, even if the deal being marketed is not a designated socially responsible investment.

Europe’s primary convertible bond market has reopened after the Easter break with two new deals on Friday from issuers with very different sector profiles.