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German tyre manufacturer Continental rolled into the market on Wednesday, one week after it priced its debut floater in the MTN market last week. The manufacturer had enjoyed several years away from the capital markets, before returning in September with a series of public deals. Elsewhere, political events in Turkey have left lira issuance surrounded in “uncertainty.”

Two supranationals are on screens for ESG firsts. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced its first green transition bond, while the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is preparing its first foray into the green bond market in sterling, capitalising on strong appetite from UK pension funds.

EU finance ministers have been presented with three options for how to realign the European Investment Bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. This could lead to the emergence of a new capital markets issuer.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has issued a synthetic Tunisian dinar-linked note, the longest ever offshore issue in the currency, according to the swap market structurer.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development won strong demand from investors as it brought a new type of green bond to the market last Friday. The deal aims to put more focus on the need to adapt to climate change, complementing the work being carried out to mitigate its effects.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development was able to find good demand to increase the size of its outstanding August 2022 Sofr-linked floating rate note on Thursday, despite huge volatility in the US repo market.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has mandated banks for its first ever climate resilience bond, a new type of socially responsible product that aims to bring more focus on climate adaptation, rather than mitigation. It follows the recent publication of the Climate Resilience Principles by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).

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Kernel, a Ukrainian grain and sunflower producer, is set to secure yet another credit facility, alongside an amend and extend deal it recently signed. The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development will provide up to $80m of the total $300m facility, as the development bank continues to support Ukrainian corporates.

Ukrainian grain and sunflower producer Kernel is set to amend and extend an existing syndicated loan, according to bankers familiar with the deal. The transaction marks one of the few intermittent spots of activity in the Ukrainian loan market.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will likely seek to pre-fund for its borrowing programme next year, according to a senior funding official at the supranational.

Issuance is starting to resume after the summer break; however, this week a booming public market drew away investor and issuer attention from MTNs. Despite this, a range of established SSA, FIG and corporate borrowers have slipped in, with deals across core, niche and EM currencies.