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New Development Bank will become the first issuer to hit the dollar market this week, announcing a five year benchmark, the proceeds of which will fund sustainable development activities and emergency support loans to its member countries.

Equate Petrochemical, the petrochemical producer part-owned by Kuwait, has laid plans to re-enter the international debt markets after less than a year since its last outing. The mandate comes just days after the IMF warned Kuwait to undergo fiscal consolidation after its economy shrank last year.

The government of Malaysia is preparing to return to the dollar market for the first time in five years. It is marketing what will be the world's first sustainability sukuk from a sovereign borrower.

Trip.com Group's shares rose on its debut on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday, following a popular billion-dollar secondary listing by the Chinese travel company.

The Bank of Cyprus was met with plenty of demand as it sold one of the lowest rated financial deals of the year on Friday – a sign of confidence for any other peripheral names looking at the market.

Chinese technology giant Tencent Holdings raised $4.15bn from four tranches of long-dated bonds this week, overcoming weak market sentiment to push ahead with its deal.

China Construction Bank Corp turned to the bond market on Thursday to sell a $2.4bn equivalent multi-currency transaction, with each tranche carrying a socially responsible investment (SRI) label. But recent volatility in the region’s credit market, and the issuer’s own ‘ambiguous’ approach to the trade, posed challenges.

Mining Industry Indonesia (Mind ID) is testing lenders’ appetite for a $1.5bn dual-tranche loan that has been launched into syndication through a group of eight banks.

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Banks are optimistic that sustainability-linked bonds have a bright future as part of their funding toolkits, after Berlin Hyp became the first financial institution to land a deal in the format this week. More trades are already on the way and market participants are stepping up their efforts to break down the remaining barriers for FIG borrowers.

South Korea's Shinhan Bank became the latest Asian bank to sell a sustainability bond this month. It raised $500m from its transaction, but felt some pressure from the risk-off sentiment in the region’s credit market.