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French agency Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) hit screens on Monday afternoon with its second ever sustainability bond, following its debut in the format last year.

Orange, the French telecommunications company, has mandated for its debut sustainability bond, as some syndicate bankers said that there was evidence that demand for environmental and socially themed debt from corporates rated investment grade was reaching worrying levels.

CNCB (Hong Kong) Investment, a subsidiary of China Citic Group, is planning to repay a $800m loan raised in 2018 after struggling to get consent from lenders for covenant waivers.

Hong Kong property developer CK Asset Holdings priced its $300m bond at a record tight level for a fixed-for-life deal on Thursday.

Investors rewarded Zhenro Properties Group for selling its first green bond this week, pumping orders into the $350m transaction and allowing the issuer to price the deal at its lowest coupon ever.

Bank of Communications used its Hong Kong arm for a tightly priced dual-tranche deal on Thursday, bringing back floating rate and fixed rate combo bonds for Chinese financial credits.

Yum China, the Mainland-based fast food franchise operator, was eyeing at least HK$17.3bn ($2.2bn) in fresh equity on Friday after giving investors some price guidance for its secondary listing in Hong Kong.

The Arab Republic of Egypt — a frequent bond issuer — has signed its first syndicated loan. Egypt’s debut in the market, bankers said, is an attempt to diversify its funding to support an expanding state budget, just months after its debut green bond was delayed due to Covid-19. Mariam Meskin reports.

A trio of European SSAs raised a combined $6bn with five year dollar benchmarks this week. Kommunalbanken, the European Stability Mechanism and Nordic Investment Bank all hit a “very deep pocket” of demand in the tenor.

Shell, the oil and gas major, visited the sterling bond market for the first time for around six years on Thursday, printing £1bn of long maturity debt and creating a curve out to 2052.

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) returned to the market this week to place two more deals, as it ramps up its MTN issuance following a debut in Hong Kong dollars last Friday.

Ex-Barclays banker joins Finsbury to develop equity advisory — Laubjerg hired for natural resources at HSBC — Rousseau leaves Deutsche and joins Citi