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Ahli Bank Qatar has tightened price guidance for its debut bond to 265bp-275bp area over swaps, and the deal looks set for success, according to a banker away from the mandate.

The Islamic Corporation for Development set the spread on its benchmark sukuk at the wide end of guidance on Tuesday afternoon in London, but by Wednesday midday the sukuk had still not been priced.

Loss-making commodities trader Noble Group has launched a richly priced $1bn one year refinancing into general syndication.

Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) navigated a crowded primary market on Tuesday to seal a $1bn dual-tranche bond. Thanks to the credit’s safe-haven status, onshore investors piled in, allowing the firm to price the deal flat to its existing curves.

Olam International returned to the international bond market on Tuesday after an absence of nearly two years with a popular $300m trade that drew good participation from private banks and institutional accounts.

Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) rolled out the European corporate bond market’s second 20 year bond of the year on Tuesday as investors lapped up the duration on offer.

CK Hutchison, the conglomerate with headquarters in Hong Kong, issued €2bn in the European corporate bond market on Tuesday, diversifying the market’s sources of non-European deal flow.

The Inter-American Development Bank highlighted the depth of demand in a resurgent dollar market by printing the largest benchmark in the currency in over a month — with KfW next up to test the dollar’s depth.

Instituto de Crédito Oficial printed a no-grow €500m September 2018 social bond on Tuesday, with bankers noting that the bond’s high yields might have been just as appealing as its high morals.

The European Investment Bank built a book of €8bn for a 10 year Earn on Tuesday as the 10 year Bund yield fell to a 12 month low, leading bankers on the deal to suggest tougher times may lie ahead for euro issuers.

Four banks underwrote the $3bn prepayment facility for Swiss commodity trader Vitol to buy oil from Kazakhstan's KazMunaiGas (KMG).

Ahli Bank Qatar (IBQ) has released initial price guidance for its debut bond, a Reg S dollar benchmark, at 275bp area over mid-swaps.