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Toyota may be a familiar name in the corporate bond markets, but Toyota Motor Finance Netherlands BV stepped out of the shadow of some of its parent company’s better known subsidiaries to issue its first benchmark bond in a major currency.

Two state-owned companies from Shenzhen and Sichuan managed to woo investors to their dollar bonds on Tuesday, thanks in part to the strong credentials of their respective provinces.

In GlobalRMB's Best Bank Awards for China DCM, Standard Chartered wins for ABS and CNH, HSBC takes home the G3 Bond House Award, and Bank of China gets kudos as the Best House for Panda bond issuers.

HSBC DCM banker Odilbek Isakov has been hired to run Uzbekistan’s new debt management office.

Dubai headquartered ports authority DP World is guiding the market for a 10 year dollar sukuk, a 30 year 144A/Reg S dollar bond, an eight year 144A/Reg S euro bond and a 12 year sterling bond.

The Asian Development Bank hit screens for a new 10 year green bond on Tuesday, an area of the dollar curve that has seen only a handful of trades in 2018.

Japanese issuers are not frequently seen in the European corporate bond markets, but this week could have two companies going head to head with benchmark euro transactions. Japan Tobacco will sell its first new issues in Europe, while Toyota is better known to investors on the continent.

The Islamic Development Bank has announced a five year sukuk benchmark in dollars, which leads expect to price on Wednesday.

HSBC Holdings took advantage of an open window for issuance in the Singapore dollar bond market, raising S$750m ($546m) from a Basel III-compliant additional tier one deal on Monday. But potential issuers still looking to tap the currency may need to adjust their expectations.

HSBC Securities Services has appointed two global co-heads — one of them a well-known figure in the debt capital markets.

China Construction Bank and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co’s Hong Kong branch rolled out floating rate notes on Monday, grabbing both dollar and euro investors’ attention.

Nomura has moved to plug a gap in its industrials practice with the recruitment of a former senior banker from HSBC.