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Kazakhstan released price guidance for 10 and 30 year bonds on Monday morning and expects to print the $2bn deal, eagerly anticipated for nearly a decade, later today. Bankers are expecting the absence of Russia from international bond markets this year to intensify demand.

Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) is looking to become the third Korean lender to tap the dollar market with a tier two bond, mandating four banks to handle the transaction.

K Wah International has wrapped up its HK$3.85bn ($497m) financing for a construction project in Hong Kong with a club of five banks.

The world’s ninth largest reinsurer, Korean Reinsurance (Korean Re), is close to making its debut in the debt capital markets having started meeting investors for a proposed US dollar subordinated capital offering on October 6. If it goes ahead it will become only the secodn Asian insurer to issue sub debt offshore.

Atrium European Real Estate, an operator of shopping malls in central and eastern Europe, is meeting investors next week for a euro bond.

Indonesian telecom tower operator Solusi Tunas Pratama is firming up a more than $800m financing to back its purchase of 3,500 towers for Rph5.6tr ($460.5m) from Axiata Group Berhad subsidiary XL. The proceeds of the fundraising will also be used in part to refinance existing debt.

The lack of a securities lending market for green bonds could be stifling the ability of banks to make markets in the product, leaving the buyside struggling to pick up paper in secondaries, a leading investor told GlobalCapital this week. But on the primary side, green demand grows ever healthier, with another set of firsts from public sector borrowers on the way.

Korea Eximbank was among several issuers to tap demand in sterling this week. Kexim took advantage of a window of issuance ahead of a European Central Bank meeting on Thursday and non-farm payrolls on Friday to bring its first fixed rate syndication in the currency.

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The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg paid a clear premium over its conventional curve to sell a €200m inaugural sukuk this week. But this concession was down to the small size and not the sukuk structure, said debt bankers involved. A much bigger problem with the debut deal was Islamic investors’ lack of familiarity with just how measly euro rates have become.

In a week with no senior or subordinated issuance in euros, RSA Insurance and Suncorp-Metway took centre stage with sterling prints. Both financials were able to get successful deals away despite struggling with turbulent markets, though they did catch some flak for issuing in volatile conditions.

The National Bank of Oman launched its debut offering on Tuesday morning. Market conditions have been less than ideal for the issuer, but Oman’s bond is one of few which has performed well in secondary.