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HSBC reopened the financial institutions bond market on Friday with the sale of a senior preferred note that pulled in demand of €1.5bn two hours after the trade started.

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The World Bank printed its second Sonia linked note on Wednesday as part of efforts to build its Sonia curve. The supranational has now sold over £2.5bn of Sonia paper across two benchmark bonds since September 2018.

European corporate bond investors showed they were hungry for paper on Thursday, despite the gloom infecting equity markets this week about the prospect of a restart to the China-US trade war. A flurry of issuers came to the market, hot from roadshows, and got plenty of over-subscription while slashing their spreads by 20bp to 30bp.

A number of Chinese real estate companies have returned to the offshore loan market after struggling to raise money in the second half of 2018. Although some bankers said they are more willing to lend than they were last year, they are also complaining about the size of some deals. Pan Yue reports.

The Hong Kong government is meeting with international investors this week in an effort to court attention for its debut green bond. The transaction has been expected for more than a year, with Hong Kong and green enthusiasts hoping that a sovereign deal can launch the city as a hub for sustainable financing. Morgan Davis reports.

CCB Financial Leasing Corp sold a $700m dual-tranche transaction on Wednesday, without paying a new issue premium on either tranche, and pushing the pricing on the $200m 10 year some 10bp inside its curve.

The strength of corporate bond demand, after falls in stockmarkets engendered by the US's hardened stance on trade talks with China, will be tested in the US on Wednesday by a $20bn issue for IBM. In Europe, the test could come on Thursday, since a handful of issuers finished roadshows on Wednesday.

Majid Al Futtaim (MAF), a shopping mall developer based in the Middle East, sold a 10 year green sukuk on Tuesday flat to its outstanding curve.

After a couple of slow weeks for corporate bond issuance in Europe, the pace quickened somewhat on Tuesday, with two €500m no-grow issues. One was from a familiar name - Carrefour, the French supermarket chain - the other from a new one, Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden, a Swedish residential property company founded only in 2016.

The European Stability Mechanism offered very little new issue premium on a pair of taps to wipe out its €2.5bn funding needs for the second quarter in one go.

Majid Al Futtaim, a shopping mall developer based in the Middle East, has set the spread for its green sukuk, with the deal attracting about $3bn of orders for $600m of paper.