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Bank of Ireland’s inaugural green bond attracted the largest financial senior book in euros this week, peaking at €2.5bn, as it offered investors a chance to pick up labelled paper at a shorter tenor and with plenty of spread.

AusNet Services, the Australian power networks company, and Italian power company Enel earned rapturous responses from investors for euro hybrid capital bond issues this week, even though the trades followed a sell-off in riskier assets.

On Wednesday, the Emirate of Sharjah sold a $1.25bn dual tranche bond. Though the issuer conceded that market conditions were not "perfect", given sustained volatility in US Treasuries, this week’s deal allowed the state to extend its credit curve.

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Global Fashion Group, the Frankfurt-listed online fashion retailer focused on emerging markets, has successfully issued its debut convertible bond, despite volatility caused by a selloff of technology stocks in the United States.

Enel, the Italian power and gas company, proved that demand still exists in euros for chunky hybrid debt with a €2.2bn dual tranche deal on Wednesday that saw more than three times oversubscription at peak demand and offered no new issue concession.

Münchener Hypothekenbank (MunHyp) and the Bank of Ireland sold their first euro green bonds on Wednesday, offering up 2bp-3bp of new issue premium to do so.

Coupang, an e-commerce company, has kicked off bookbuilding for an up to $3.6bn IPO that is set to be the largest ever US listing by a South Korean issuer.

Online car marketplace Autohome has launched the roadshow for a secondary listing in Hong Kong. The float of new and existing stock could raise up to HK$7.6bn ($983.2m).

AusNet Services, the Australian power networks company, got a rapturous response from investors for its rare euro hybrid capital bond issue on Tuesday, as they are eager to buy subordinated debt, even though riskier assets sold off last week.

KfW rebooted the short end of the euro public sector bond market on Tuesday with a well subscribed trade which offered a modest new issue premium. The deal shared the euro SSA market with the State of Baden-Württemberg’s debut green bond.

The Emirate of Sharjah is sounding out investors for a dollar bond syndication, just months after its last issue. Some investors, however, said they were wary that the issuer was on the cusp of becoming a sub-investment grade credit.