Crédit Agricole

ICBC Sydney has returned to the dim sum bond market with the launch of a new two year bond.

Rallye, the French listed holding company that controls supermarket group Casino, on Wednesday became the first issuer to use an equity-neutral structure on an exchangeable bond, rather than a convertible.

Kommunalbanken printed its third ever green bond on Wednesday, using the "extra selling point" of the green factor to pull in an impressive book for the four year deal and pricing it through its curve.

Italy’s corporate sector extended its run of new bonds intended to fund buy-backs on Wednesday, with multiutility Acea the latest borrower to use the manoeuvre.

Berlin Hyp issued a €175m tap on Wednesday after it emerged that Crédit Agricole would not be proceeding with its previously announced 10 year. Meanwhile, Hypo Oberoesterreich signalled its intention to press ahead with its debut covered bond.

Crédit Agricole has mandated leads for a rare public sector-backed €500m 10 year Obligations Foncieres.

Kommunalbanken, the Norwegian agency, has selected three banks for a Reg S/144A green bond.

The European Investment Bank was first into the dollar market this week with a three year mandate, the maturity of choice for dollar issuers over the last few weeks. Export Development Canada last Friday sold the first five year dollar benchmark from SSA in several weeks and, while it went well, bankers do not expect other issuers to follow suit.

Ahli United Bank Kuwait has opened books on a perpetual dollar sukuk after wrapping up investor meetings on Monday, books were oversubscribed and were due to close on Tuesday, according to leads.

Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) executed yet another blockbuster $2.5bn trade on Thursday just a few months after printing a deal of the same size. Korea's first four-tranche trade drew a strong response from the market, allowing the policy bank to price inside its existing curve.

Asia is gearing up for a bumper week of IPOs, with two $2bn deals launching on Monday and other smaller-sized floats vying for investor attention in what has been an action-packed October.

Hong Kong Broadband Network has returned to the market after just seven months to refinance its outstanding loans. The steady downtrend in pricing for high grade borrowers prompted the move.