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A pair of debut green bond borrowers made blistering entries to the market on Wednesday. Ireland added its name to the growing list of sovereign green issuers with what on-looking bankers said was a “blowout”, while Société du Grand Paris (SGP) printed at the very top of its size expectations on what was also its debut bond issue of any kind.

Fondo de Amortización del Déficit Eléctrico braved volatility in the eurozone periphery bond market on Wednesday for its second benchmark of the year.

Shurgard Self Storage, a European operator of self-storage facilities, has revised the price range for its €575m IPO on Euronext Brussels and is covered throughout the new range, despite a difficult market where several deals have been pulled and others have traded down in the aftermarket.

Wednesday will be debut day in the green bond market, with Ireland preparing a 12 year inaugural euro benchmark and Société du Grand Paris (SGP) out with a 10 year that will also be its first bond issue of any kind. Both must contend with a market backdrop rife with Italian politics-driven turbulence, although SGP’s deal has so far had what one lead called “one of the strongest starts I’ve seen for a French issuer”.

Turbulence in China’s equities and bond markets forced Shimao Property Holdings to cull one portion of a dual-tranche dollar bond deal this week as investors shied away from the longer tenor.

Gulf International Bank has cancelled a five year dollar bond that it began roadshowing at the end of September.

Chinese stock markets led the decline among all major Asian indices on Monday, as woes in the region’s bond market also continued. Debt issuers aiming to kick off their deals this week have their work cut out for them.

Azure Power Global, the Indian solar energy producer, raised $185m from a follow-on offering after its Canadian shareholder stepped in to buy more shares than expected.

The Development Bank of Mongolia is ready to return to the dollar bond market after a six year hiatus.

Afreximbank was able to launch a $500m five year dollar transaction, pulling in the spread despite what a banker at one of the leads called 'choppy conditions'.

A spike in US Treasury yields on Thursday had a knock-on effect on bond spreads in Asia, posing an additional challenge for issuers ready to head out the gates next week.

A sharp sell-off in US Treasuries after the release of stronger than expected US economic data has changed the landscape for dollar issuance. Ten year benchmarks could be possible, although one product investors would normally welcome in a rising rate environment — floating rate notes — is unlikely to make a big comeback.