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BASF and Pearson brought green and social bonds on Thursday, as sustainability-linked issuance continues to pull Europe’s high grade corporate market out of the darkest days of the coronavirus pandemic’s panic funding phase.

Korea Development Bank raised $1bn from a new bond on Wednesday, marking its third dollar transaction of the year.

Siemens, the German machinery maker, found plenty of demand for a multi-tranche bond issue on Wednesday, though the inclusion of a two year fixed portion strongly suggests that floating rate notes have become unpopular among corporate issuers.

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Rabobank said on Wednesday that it would take advantage of various EU schemes of funding and capital support, as it provided the market with an ad hoc update on its financial position during the coronavirus pandemic.

ABN Amro has ended a three week hiatus in the euro non-preferred senior market, launching a new deal on the back of a strong rally for bank credit spreads.

ING has become the latest EU bank to sell subordinated debt during the coronavirus crisis, after capitalising on healthy levels of demand for its tier two paper on Tuesday.

Achmea was marketing a senior bond on Monday to refinance an outstanding bond maturing in November. The Dutch insurer started with a 'juicy spread', according to some market participants, and gave away a new issue premium of 5bp-10bp to investors.

Credit Suisse has become the first Swiss bank to issue a green bond in the euro market, and has also marketed a rare floating rate note. The trades were testament to improving market conditions and the ability for strong names to sell less common products.

Issuance in the financial institutions bond market had a preferred senior flavour this week, with issuers finding this the most cost-effective funding compared with other asset classes. In addition, some of them can use it to fulfil regulatory requirements.

Nordea Bank and Erste Group Bank were marketing preferred senior bonds on Wednesday, finding demand in the seven year part of the curve following a flurry of five year deals earlier this week.

Danske Bank was marketing a preferred senior bond on Tuesday, taking swift advantage of recent changes in Denmark that will allow banks to use these instruments to count towards their regulatory debt requirements.