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E.On has opened a new era. While several investment grade companies have printed bonds at negative yields before, few have come close to the -0.149% at which the Baa2/BBB rated German power company reached with the five year wing of its €1.5bn dual tranche deal on Wednesday.

Market participants expect more banks will now want to print Kangaroos after investors on a search for yield poured into UBS's additional tier one (AT1) deal on Tuesday. The syndication, which surprised those involved after it managed to shave 75bp off its initial pricing guidance and attract A$4bn ($2.71bn) of orders, suggested a market ripe for a deal spree.

E.On, the German electricity company, ended Europe's summer lull in investment grade corporate bond issuance on Wednesday, and opened a new era in pricing, with the first ever five year bond at a negative yield. And E.On is only rated triple-B.

Aperam, the steel producer headquartered in Luxembourg, has entered the Schuldschein market, on the hunt for at least €100m.

The first investment grade euro corporate bond since Daimler's €3bn four trancher at the beginning of August appeared on Wednesday morning. E.ON, the Baa2/BBB rated energy company, is in the market with a debut green bond — a benchmark five, and 10.5 year dual tranche deal.

Market participants say that secondary spreads of emerging market loans are compressing as activity draws to a standstill, amid signs of slowing global growth and the threat of trade wars.

Medicover is on the hunt for at least €100m of funding in the Schuldschein market. The Swedish healthcare company joins a growing number of Nordic borrowers looking to tap the German loans market.

ING has launched the world’s first sustainability improvement derivative, a derivative with a credit spread that is linked to sustainability performance. The trade comes amid growing demand for environmental, social and governance derivatives products.

ING's Turkish arm, ING Bank AS, has raised a $309m-equivalent trade finance loan from international lenders. The deal is a precursor to the year's second round of Turkish bank refinances, expected to begin in the next month.

GlobalCapital has published the nominations for its Sustainable and Responsible Capital Markets Awards. The winners will be announced on September 17, at our Awards Ceremony in Amsterdam.

SNCF Réseau steamed ahead with a new century bond issue this week, its second and largest deal to date, amid declining rates that has seen more and more investors take a risk at the ultra-long end in return for yield pick-up.

Green Schuldscheine have been a peripheral feature of the market for the past three years but this seems to be changing, with a billion plus transaction from Porsche and a sustainability linked note from Durr stirring investors into a frenzy. This green turn could have more of an impact for short term market growth than the odd non-European borrower tapping the market.