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World Bank extended its euro benchmark curve with flying colours on Wednesday, in a further sign of ample demand for duration amid a low yielding environment.

The prickly start to the year continued in Europe’s corporate bond market on Wednesday, as hybrid issues for Spanish toll road firm Abertis Infraestructuras and German oil and gas firm Wintershall Dea received opposite reactions from investors.

The Sultanate of Oman's return to debt markets is proof to some that the market is wide open for high yielding emerging market issuers. The sovereign mandated banks for a dollar deal as investors, hunting for yield, appear undeterred by volatility in the US rates market.

Volvo Cars, the Chinese-owned Swedish auto maker, has refinanced its main bank revolver with a €1.3bn sustainability-linked revolving credit facility, as the borrower looks to become climate neutral by 2040.

Indian Railway Finance Corp (IRFC) will hit the market next week with the country’s first IPO of the year. It is on track to raise up to Rp46.33bn ($633.7m).

World Bank hired banks on Tuesday to lead a new 40 year euro sustainable development bond — the supranational’ s longest ever benchmark in the currency. The deal will be the latest example of public sector borrowers venturing longer in the euro market this year.

Zurich Insurance Company attracted plenty of demand in dollars on Tuesday, as it sold first subordinated dollar trade in over two years — a deal that could fund its acquisition of Metropolitan Life’s US property and casual business.

Apollo Global Management has continued to selldown its stake in Watches of Switzerland, the UK luxury watch retailer, following a strong rally in the stock since its IPO on the London Stock Exchange in May 2019.

Beijing Capital Group Co, which marketed a two-tranche deal on Monday, decided to ditch the planned perpetual note and instead price a larger senior tranche for cost reasons.

Vietnam’s Masan Group Corp is inviting lenders to join an up to $250m loan to support an investment into one of its subsidiaries.

Vingroup Joint Stock Co has launched an up to $400m loan to the market.

Russia’s Sovcombank has entered the ESG loan market for the first time, raising a $350m syndicated loan. An increasing number of Russian corporates are turning to the green financing sector as a way to diversify funding.