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Kuwait could become the latest Gulf Corporation Council sovereign to issue 30 year debt after its parliament approved a bill allowing the government to raise its borrowing ceiling to KD25bn ($83bn), and to issue international debt out to 30 years.

French telecoms operator Orange sold a new 12 year trade on Tuesday and paid a low new issue premium for the €1bn deal. The deal was one of three that priced on Tuesday, but only seven new issues for the year so far, meaning investors are keen to put their money to work.

GEA Group, a maker of equipment for the food processing industry in Düsseldorf, has launched a €150m dual tranche Schuldschein, hoping to attract a wide variety of investors.

Investors lapped up Longfor Properties Co’s $800m bonds on Monday, in a vote of confidence not just for the investment grade rated Chinese company but also the broader property industry.

Property companies Country Garden Holdings Co (CoGard), Times Property Holdings, Tahoe Group Co and Wharf Real Estate Investment Company hit the dollar debt market in force on Tuesday.

MLP Sağlık Hizmetler, also known as MLP Care, the largest private healthcare provider in Turkey, has begun investor education for its flotation on Borsa Istanbul, in which it hopes to raise about TL500m ($133m) of primary proceeds.

Nordic Investment Bank is looking to tap into what has been a bumper market for public sector sterling issuance in the early part of 2018, after hiring banks on Monday to run a December 2023 Reg S only benchmark.

The European Investment Bank is set to bring its first core currency trade of the year, after hiring banks on Monday for a March 2023 global dollar benchmark. Despite a strong start to the year for the currency last week, no other dollar deals from SSAs are on screen — but a new issuer could join in the next few months.

Surprisingly, given the strength of the corporate bond market, no euro mandates or roadshows were announced on Monday other than Vonovia's €1bn deal, which was completed intraday. However, the sterling market has finally flickered into life.

Country Garden Holdings Company (CoGard) and SEA Holdings are planning their comebacks to the offshore debt market, while Wharf Real Estate Investment Co is set to test its luck with accounts for the first time.

Longfor Properties Co returned to the dollar market on Monday for its second investment grade deal in six months.

Michelin, the French tyre maker, crowned an interesting first week of the year for Europe's equity-linked bond market on Friday with a $600m equity-neutral convertible bond due in 2023.