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Export Development Canada is set to join what one SSA banker described as a “ridiculous” dollar market, where issuers are selling in big size and with little or no new issue premiums.

Export Development Canada sold its largest bond in sterling in over two years on Wednesday as investor appetite for the currency showed little sign of abating.

Hanesbrands, the North Carolina clothing maker, printed a €500m bond on Thursday to fund recent acquisitions in Italy and Australia.

A slumbering euro market for core issuers kicked into life on Wednesday, as Nederlandse Waterschapsbank looked to take advantage of a strong bid for duration and the European Financial Stability Facility sent out a request for proposals for its deal window next week.

Dutch car finance bank LeasePlan was in the bond market on Tuesday for a €750m five year deal that won a €1.8bn order book, just one month after issuing another benchmark trade.

UK healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT) Assura has refinanced its five year revolving credit facility and increased the size from £120m to £200m.

Erste Group Bank has mandated leads for its inaugural additional tier one transaction, which will be its first issuance of capital notes since it failed to pay the coupon on legacy tier one debt at the end of 2014.

The Gulf region is on for a record first five months of the year with Qatar, Noor Bank, Etihad, DP World all mandating for bonds this week, while Petrobras printed an eye catching $6.75bn deal.

Ooredoo, one of the largest telecommunications firms in the Middle East and Africa, is refinancing a $1bn three year revolving credit facility, according to two bankers.

Demand for supranational and agency paper in Turkish lira is proving strong despite political tensions in the area.

Public sector borrowers are taking advantage of some of the best conditions in the dollar market all year to print jumbo sized deals at the tightest spreads to US Treasuries in months.

Marlin Enterprise has opened syndication for a $425m five year loan to finance its acquisition of a gold mine in North Sumatra in Indonesia, said bankers working on the trade.