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Emerging markets were treated to their first week of supply from the Gulf region in four months, and despite the sudden glut of supply, performances were strong and the market is ready for more.

German snack food company Intersnack has launched a €150m-equivalent Schuldschein with euro and sterling tranches — evidence, market players said, of the flexibility of the instrument.

The Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has joined the groaning pipeline of issuers looking to print dollar sukuk paper, picking banks for what will be the borrower’s first trip to the bond market in four years.

German snack food company Intersnack has launched a €150m-equivalent Schuldschein with euro and sterling tranches — evidence, market players said, of the flexibility of the instrument.

Bain Capital has completed the first sale of shares in TI Fluid Systems, the UK maker of fluid delivery systems for cars and trucks, since its IPO last autumn. The deal came in response to several reverse inquiries from investors.

Saudi Arabia has come to market for a long 10 year dollar sukuk bond, targeting $2bn, returning for a trade after five month’s absence from the bond market.

Al Hilal Bank (AHB) and Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) are on screens on Wednesday with dollar sukuk benchmarks — the first in a wave of Middle Eastern supply.

Shares in Aryzta, the frozen baked goods company listed in Ireland and Switzerland, surged by as much as 13% on Tuesday morning after it signed an agreement with five international banks to underwrite its €800m rights issue.

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) and Al Hilal Bank (AHB) have completed their roadshows, and are set to reopen the dollar sukuk market on Wednesday.

Commerzbank has ended a 10-month drought in Singapore dollar-denominated tier two deals, returning this week with a S$400m ($290m) bond. What lies ahead for the southeast Asian city-state’s local currency market? Addison Gong finds out.

Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) Poly Real Estate Group Co and China Minmetals Corp took different approaches to pricing their dollar bonds on Monday, resulting in diverging secondary market performances.

The deal flow of high yield bonds kept rising in euros and sterling this week. Four new issuers joined the already heavy pipeline, including a euro bond from UK premium car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover.