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Ireland has published a framework for Irish Sovereign Green Bonds and will roadshow in the coming weeks for its first green bond issue, which may be used to fund a wide variety of climate change-related and broader environmental spending.

Agence Française de Développement was comfortably oversubscribed and able to pull in pricing by a basis point from guidance with a climate bond issue on Monday.

Public sector euro benchmark supply is set to restart after a lull last week, with a eurozone sovereign and a French agency hitting screens on Monday for pricing on Tuesday.

DP World hit screens on Monday to announce a tender offer of a 2019 Sukuk note and the sale of a new 10 year dollar benchmark.

Issuers and debt bankers in Asia have their eyes fixed on the coming week for primary deal flow to gather momentum, following a relatively slow pace of issuance at the start of September.

HSBC has launched a new sustainable financing programme for Hong Kong businesses, offering a cash rebate to borrowers that meet carbon emissions saving targets.

Indonesian motorcycle financing firm Federal International Finance (FIF) has returned to the offshore loan market for a $200m borrowing.

Banks that deal in Yankees, including Nordea, HSBC and BPCE, raised $16bn in new funding as the market reopened with a bang after the Labor Day holiday.

Hong Kong IPO hopefuls rushed to file their draft prospectuses with the city’s bourse this week, as the window closes for a launch before the end of the year.

Larsen & Toubro has raked in Rp18.5bn ($256.5m) after selling a block of shares in subsidiary L&T Infotech, finding strong demand from both institutions and retail investors.

GlobalCapital announced the winners of its Sustainable and Responsible Capital Markets Awards 2018 in Amsterdam on Tuesday evening. This year’s two sovereign debut green finance issues, from Indonesia and Belgium, won Deals of the Year in their regions, and there were double laurels for Danone, in both the bond and loan markets.

Fosun Tourism Group, a subsidiary of Chinese conglomerate Fosun International, is planning to spin-off and list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.