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National Australia Bank has mandated leads for the first Australian covered bond in euros for over two years. With redemptions outstripping supply this month, the NAB deal could be the beginning of a spurt of issuance.

Altana, a German speciality chemicals company, has moved its main bank line to a sustainability-linked structure, with the borrower negotiating a margin in line with its pre-coronavirus pandemic levels.

The dollar corporate bond market continued to show its resilience this week, but concerns are growing over a lack of supply in the run-up to the July 4 holiday weekend.

IDB Invest, the private sector arm of the Inter-American Development Bank, made its debut in the Australian dollar market on Wednesday, raising A$400m ($303.2m) with a social bond.

Biopharmaceutical company HutchMed (China) pocketed HK$4.17bn ($537.1m) this week from its Hong Kong IPO.

Beijing Construction Engineering Group sold a tightly priced $600m bond by getting a rating for the first time, a move that made a ‘huge difference’ to the company’s fundraising.

European companies piled into the bond market on Wednesday with a variety of deals that favoured duration, as buoyant sentiment returned after being sapped by the US Federal Reserve last week.

Indian software services provider Coforge, previously known as NIIT Technologies, is seeking a loan to fund a dividend recapitalisation, joining a growing list of companies raising debt to pay a special dividend to shareholders.

LEG Immobilien, the German housing company, has mandated for its debut sustainability bond. Bond market participants expecting sizeable demand for it, despite the recent deluge of property deals.

Senior and covered bond plans were flowing into the deal pipeline on Monday, with issuers keen to buck the softer tone and print before the start of the summer break.

Biopharmaceutical company HutchMed (China) kicked off the roadshow for its HK$4.68bn ($602.7m) Hong Kong IPO on Friday, placing more than half of the shares in its third listing with cornerstone investors.

Hybrids and crossover rated corporate bond issuers hit screens this week, as the thirst for yield returned to the European market.