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After a day of caution on Wednesday, when some issuers held back from the primary market after spates of volatility last week, unrated Air France-KLM timed its €400m deal right, showing that investors will still play for yield in higher risk names.

Just a week after its first dollar denominated benchmark, SNCF Réseau has announced that it will issue its first green bond.

The European Investment Bank hit the screens twice on Wednesday, printing long dated euros and tapping a sterling line.

Doosan Bobcat is guiding investors for its W2.4tr ($2.2bn) IPO in South Korea to a price that is 15% below the bottom of the marketing range, according to bankers close to the trade.

HSBC has hired a market veteran as head of European investment grade corporate credit trading, bringing back trader who has been absent from the market for three years.

ASB Bank, the fully owned subsidiary of Commonwealth Bank of Australia, extended its curve on Tuesday with a €500m seven year covered bond. But the deal received less than half the demand than ANZ New Zealand did in September despite offering a pick-up to it.

The Spanish bank has mandated leads for a roadshow to market what will be its first covered bond in six years.

Rabobank found few problems opening books on its first green senior bond on Tuesday, and more banks could follow in the fourth quarter of what is already a record-breaking year for the format in FIG.

After completing its first international bond issue earlier this year, Qatar’s Ahli Bank has also signed a $195m club loan — its second ever loan from international banks.

Italy announced on Monday the banks to lead its first ever 50 year syndication, a bond planned since May.

Société Anonyme de Gestion de Stocks de Sécurité (Sagess) has picked four banks to arrange an investor roadshow for a euro bond, its first to be eligible for purchase by the European Central Bank.

The Bank of England confirmed on Monday it would stress test UK banks for a broader range of potential threats in 2017, as it set out the timetable for the publication of this year’s results.