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Kion Group, the German forklift manufacturer, has finished a Schuldschein deal that raised almost €1bn, in one of eight Schuldschein trades that were launched or priced this week from a wide range of sectors and regions.

United Overseas Bank this week became the first issuer to price covered bonds simultaneously in euros and dollars, helping it to attract new, especially Asian, investors.

Nederlandse Waterschapsbank on Thursday brought the solitary SSA dollar deal of the week, taking advantage of “fantastic” conditions to raise $1bn of five year cash.

The Province of Quebec is set to follow its neighbour Ontario into green bond issuance, opening books for the inaugural bond on Thursday.

Neopost, the French postal equipment maker, has returned to the Schuldschein for funding diversification purposes.

Finnish technology company Nokia is set to become the first European company to issue a euro high yield bond for four weeks. Meanwhile, UK food producer Bakkavor will repay all its notes.

US pharma research firm Quintiles IMS Holdings printed on Thursday a new €1.4bn high yield bond, proving that European high yield investors are embracing the train of US issuers printing in euros.

Industrial Bank of Korea is looking to offload its entire stake in local hypermarket chain E-Mart to raise up to W195.9bn ($172.1m).

HSBC has made some high profile appointments to its commercial banking teams in Hong Kong and Mainland China, according to an announcement on Thursday.

Investors ate up China Jinmao Holdings Group’s new five year notes this week, allowing it to secure tight pricing for a four-times subscribed $500m deal.

Hong Kong dove into the Islamic finance market this week, setting a new benchmark by becoming the first triple-A rated government to sell a 10 year sukuk. Bankers say that the hope is for corporates to follow suit, but there is a slew of challenges for the market to take off, writes Morgan Davis.

Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) picked a tricky week for its first euro syndication in many years but, thanks to the deal’s green aspect, the trade went off without a hitch.