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Swedish Export Credit Corporation has grabbed $500m of four year paper in what will almost certainly be the last SSA syndication of 2019.

Chemical company Lanxess has signed a €1bn sustainability-linked loan, as lenders expect next year to see huge growth in other German companies using the format.

DNB Bank made the most of a favourable backdrop in the financial institutions bond market this week, selling a short-dated senior bond in sterling after recent prints in euros and dollars.

Swedish Export Credit Corporation appointed banks on Wednesday for the first syndicated public sector dollar bond since mid-November.

Three Chinese property names hit the bond market on Tuesday, raising a combined $1.624bn in a mix of senior and subordinated trades.

Ageas sold a restricted tier one (RT1) bond this week in an effort to replace some of its grandfathered securities. The insurer secured tight pricing, bolstered by about €5bn of orders.

A number of untested European companies have made their entrance to the international high yield bond market in the past two weeks as central banks fuel conditions that pamper repeat and new issuers alike, while driving investors into ever riskier assets in a hunt for yield. Karoliina Liimatainen reports.

Macau casino operator Melco Resorts & Entertainment, Philippine power company AC Energy and a local government financing vehicle from Jiangxi were among the crop of issuers to hit the bond market on Tuesday.

China deepened its dollar debt curve on Tuesday with a $6bn jumbo bond. With its biggest dollar deal yet, the sovereign has set a new benchmark for issuers from the country.

Grenke priced an additional tier one (AT1) bond on Tuesday, enjoying strong appetite from domestic investors. The German lender raised €75m, an additional €25m compared with the expected size.

Swedish heating and ventilation service provider Assemblin is braving the euro-denominated high yield market for the first time with €250m bond issue, used for refinancing and dividends. Exceptionally favourable conditions lured Triton-backed Assemblin to try its hand with international investors.

German family-owned tissue and toilet paper manufacturer Wepa is marketing €550m of senior secured notes with an intention to extend maturities and slash interest expenses. It is following a number of other double-B issuers in to the market.