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EDF has expanded its investor base into Taiwan with a $1.5bn bond, the first time a European issuer has bought a dollar bond to the Formosa market.

Kommuninvest and KfW found good demand for short dated dollar benchmarks on Thursday despite difficult market conditions.

The Province of British Columbia brought an inaugural euro benchmark on Thursday, as a supranational issuer reopened a green bond in the currency.

Hapag-Lloyd, the German container shipping company, signed a $372m 12 year loan facility on September 30, to finance the purchase of five new container ships.

Debt bankers are pinning their hopes on the Middle East to get fourth quarter bond supply off to a strong start, after a torrid final two weeks of September.

Norway’s DNB Bank has increased what is only its second MTN in Hong Kong dollars, returning a day after it placed the original note.

World Bank on Wednesday sold the largest dollar benchmark from an SSA since July, as other issuers lined up deals in the currency.

The euro benchmark market is set to welcome a debut issuer this week, while a rare borrower in the currency was able to increase a syndication from its initial €500m target.

UK property firm Hammerson has signed a €1bn revolving credit facility to buy a €1.85bn loan portfolio from Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency.

China Development Bank sealed a $1.56bn dual-currency bond on September 29, coming to the market on a day of immense volatility in global stocks. But anchor orders helped save the deal, which saw very little demand from international investors.

Turkcell will add to a busy September of funding by signing up to €1.25bn of loans with the China Development Bank in the next few days.

China Reinsurance is slated to start gauging demand for its $2bn Hong Kong IPO on October 5, with books set to open a week later, according to a banker working on the transaction.