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Bank of East Asia (BEA) sold the first Basel III compliant tier two dollar bond in Asia since the global outbreak of Covid-19. It raised $600m on the back of a book that was more than 8.5 times oversubscribed at its peak.

Nick Darrant, JP Morgan's head of CEEMEA debt capital markets syndicate, is leaving the bank after five years to join Citigroup as co-head of EMEA syndicate.

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank grabbed $3bn of five year paper on Wednesday, selling its first sustainable development bond. It was joined in the market by a 10 year dollar trade from Nederlandse Waterschapsbank.

Belgium took advantage of more attractive funding conditions in dollars versus euros and strong demand at the 10 year point of the curve to sell its first dollar bond since 2017 on Tuesday. SSA supply in dollars will continue on Wednesday with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and Nederlandse Waterschapsbank bringing socially responsible deals.

France’s Accor, a hospitality company, has signed a €560m short term crisis revolving credit facility, as banks continue to be called upon to support the sectors hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

Unédic, the French agency responsible for French unemployment support, entered the social bond market on a permanent basis on Friday, launching its new social bond framework under which all its debt will be issued from now on. It christened the new programme with its largest bond in 10 years.

Unédic and NRW.Bank are planning to issue their first ever social bonds. The proceeds of Unédic's bond will go towards providing support for the French state unemployment package.

Saudi Aramco has closed a $10bn loan, according to bankers near the deal. The loan — the largest signed in the Middle East so far this year — comes amid a drop in oil prices, which has sent borrowers in the Gulf hunting for financing.

Eni saw chunky demand for the first Italian corporate bond sold since the coronavirus pandemic hit markets in March, but it had to pay up over its curve compered to oil industry peers from outside Italy.

The lure of prestigious, fee-paying Bund syndications has driven banks to up their bids in Germany’s auctions, driving up the bid to cover ratio on its auctions and bringing down the sovereign’s cost of funds.

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is preparing to issue a global sustainable development bond as early as next week to finance its newly created Crisis Recovery Facility aimed at mitigating the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Eni, the oil and gas company, became the first Italian corporate to open books on a syndicated bond since the coronavirus pandemic sent markets went haywire in March, as syndicate bankers say issuance levels will ramp up sharply in the coming days.