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    PKN Orlen, the Polish oil refiner and petrol retailer, began marketing its debut green bond on Monday, a €500m no-grow seven year. Issuing a green bond would be a bold move for an oil company, but PKN Orlen is being conservative about the assets included and has obtained certification from the Climate Bonds Initiative.
  • United Overseas Bank and Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark (RFLBST) have mandated leads for covered bond deals amid a weakening spread environment.
  • A deal-hungry retail investor base provided crucial support for a strong first few months of the year in Russian equity capital markets, and sources in Moscow are hopeful that the momentum will carry on through 2021 as the political noise that threatened to derail the market subsides.
  • Crédit Agricole CIB has conducted what it believes is a unique green bond issue for its Taiwan branch, in which the issuer, investors and underwriters have together made a “solidarity” payment to a charity, Plastic Odyssey, which works to remove plastic pollution from the oceans.
  • South African lender Absa has mandated banks for an additional tier one dollar offering. Absa is the latest domestic bank to enter international debt markets despite the absence of the sovereign.
  • Punjab National Bank has raised Rp18bn ($246.1m) after issuing a block of new shares. The deal drew strong demand from a handful of foreign and domestic financial institutions.