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National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) is set to hit the road for the Middle East’s first ever green bond, planting a flag in the sand for sustainable bond issuance from the region.

South Korea’s bourse has given Doosan Bobcat the go ahead for its IPO, as Ping An Insurance Group’s shareholders also waved through its plan to list Ping An Securities Co in Hong Kong.

China Resources Beer (Holdings) Co has wrapped up a multiple times oversubscribed rights issue, netting HK$9.5bn ($1.2bn), according to a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Sharjah Islamic Bank has mandated three international banks, as well as several local banks, to arrange a senior dollar sukuk transaction.

State-owned Indian Railway Finance Corp (IRFC) is steaming ahead with plans to issue its maiden offshore rupee-denominated bond in late September.

Finnish paper and packaging group Powerflute picked two banks to refinance a €120m acquisition facility.

With most European markets in summer slowdown mode, UK-headquartered hotelier Intercontinental Hotels tapped the sterling market on Tuesday for a £350m bond.

Commodities trader Noble Group is in the spotlight again after Fitch and Moody's published divergent ratings on Monday. Fitch took a more benign view on Noble, but Moody's downgraded it to B2 from Ba3 with a negative outlook.

The World Bank began meeting investors this week for a landmark bond denominated in the IMF special drawing rights (SDR), after it gaining approval from the People’s Bank of China. More issuers are lining up to sell SDR bonds, with each trade likely to have unique features.

A $3.5bn dual-tranche borrowing to back Tencent Holdings' acquisition of an up to 76.9% stake in Supercell has gone into general syndication.

The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Poland has mandated Bank of China and HSBC as joint lead underwriters to work on the sovereign’s upcoming Panda bond.

Singapore’s Suntec real estate investment trust (Reit) sold its first convertible bond in three years on Thursday, raising S$300m ($223.1m) after exercising the full greenshoe on the deal.