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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten has fallen just shy of full subscription with its first ever dollar sustainability bond, as bankers lamented a volatile backdrop in one of the last clear funding windows of the year. GlobalCapital understands that choppy markets put off another borrower from issuing a dollar green bond.

Bayer, the German life sciences group, picked Tuesday night to launch the first part of its $19bn equity financing for its $66bn takeover of Monsanto. Bayer's deal comes as equity markets are revitalised by the new conviction that Western policy is shifting to reflation.

China Huarong Asset Management went three for three on Tuesday, raising $3bn over three tranches in its third deal of the year. But given the timing of its transaction, the bad debt manager was forced to pay a juicy premium as markets remain volatile after the US election.

Therma Power, part of Philippine company Aboitiz Power Corp, is accessing the offshore loan market for a $650m unsecured financing.

The deal the equity-linked bond market has been awaiting for months has arrived this evening. Bayer, the German life sciences group, has launched a €4bn mandatorily convertible issue as the first part of its $19bn equity financing for its takeover of Monsanto.

Groupe SEB, the French maker of household appliances, issued its first convertible bond on Tuesday, raising €150m at a negative yield, as part of the financing for an acquisition.

Swedish speciality chemicals group Perstorp priced €1bn-equivalent of high yield bonds on Tuesday, grabbing the attention of investors with triple-C paper against an uncertain backdrop.

As expected, the loans for the leveraged buyout of Polish auction website Allegro are tightly priced, with tenors of six and seven years for less than 400bp.

Public sector borrower supply is beginning to trickle through after a volatile Monday, but bankers are warning that market conditions are far from perfect — and some issuers are still unwilling to take a chance on a deal.

Australia and New Zealand Bank issued its first euro-denominated covered bond in two years, but with less favourable market conditions investors have become more hesitant, and the deal attracted less than half the demand of one issued two months earlier by its New Zealand subsidiary.

Volkswagen Finance (China) has opted for a new structure with its latest return to the China auto ABS market with its upcoming Rmb3.98bn ($587m) Driver China Auto five trust set to feature a revolving pool for the first time.

Studio City, Shandong Ruyi Technology Group Co, Yanlord Land (HK) and Chengdu Xingcheng Investment Group Co are wooing investors for their respective Reg S bonds. Meanwhile, Shaanxi Xixian New Area Fengxi New City Development & Construction will go on a non-deal roadshow.