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Power Construction Corp of China (PowerChina) is meeting investors on October 10 over the possibilities of a US dollar perpetual bond in what could be its second offshore issuance this year.

The UK government on Thursday launched its much-heralded debut RMB denominated bond, the first ever from a sovereign that is not China. The deal is expected to mark a big increase in profile for the Chinese currency among international issuers and investors.

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FWD Life Insurance Company has made HK$1.09bn ($141m) by selling its entire stake in HKT Trust and HKT Limited, in a block that drew strong demand despite turbulent market conditions when the trade was launched.

Romania is planning to issue a long euro benchmark and has picked four banks for the deal.

Sinobiz Holdings has mandated a group of 11 banks to lead its latest $1.5bn commodity prepayment financing and refinancing loan.

Korean Reinsurance (Korean Re), the world's ninth largest reinsurer, started meeting investors for a proposed US dollar subordinated capital offering on October 6. If it goes ahead with a deal the borrower will become only the second Asian insurer to issue sub debt offshore.

Unibail-Rodamco, the French property company, achieved tight pricing on its latest eight year euro issue thanks to strong demand from across continental Europe.

The syndication of €1.38bn of loans for German internet service provider United Internet is expected to close oversubscribed next week.

German ball bearing producer Schaeffler has set price guidance on its €1.8bn-equivalent term loan ‘B’.

The much talked about Bank of China (BoC) additional tier one capital (AT1) transaction is finally taking shape, with Asian and European roadshows scheduled to begin on October 10, according to bankers on the trade.

The evolution of the green bond market took another big step forward this week as two of Europe’s biggest borrowers launched dollar benchmarks in green format for the first time — and another European agency prepared a second green bond in euros.