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Volkswagen’s real estate arm launched a debut green Schuldschein on Wednesday, the first of the year.

The day after a jumbo corporate bond issue is often a quiet one for new issuance as investors digest their allocations and assess the impact on secondary spreads. But after Sanofi's €8bn offering on Wednesday, Thursday was another bumper day.

ING Groep issued two tranches of tier two debt in euros and dollars on Thursday, coughing up premium to print the third tier two of the week.

Citigroup and Svenska Handelsbanken were both offering senior bonds in euros on Wednesday, as bankers started to question whether the primary market could continue to support large volumes of new issuance.

Tikehau Capital, the French alternative investment manager, has committed a €250m order for the IPO of DWS Group and has initiated discussions on potential cooperation between the two firms, including on alternative asset management distribution.

A unit of Puma Energy is in the loan market, seeking $1.1bn across three tranches, according to a banker who received the invitation.

B&S Group, the Dutch consumer goods distribution specialist, has opened the books for its listing on the Amsterdam stock exchange, the second Dutch company to set a price range for its IPO this week.

After a reasonable wait, investors are starting to see the more frequent investment grade corporate bond issuers return to the market. On Tuesday, French materials company Saint-Gobain and French telecoms operator Orange sold benchmark deals and UK media company WPP sold a dual-tranche issue.

Solusi Tunas Pratama is set to begin marketing a new $590m-equivalent financing in dollars and rupiah to retail lenders, said bankers close to the trade.

Ukrainian chicken producer MHP is looking to lock in a lower cost of funds and reduce the cost of its liabilities with a buyback of its 2020s, combined with a new issue.

NIBC, the Dutch bank, began the management roadshow for its Amsterdam IPO in the Netherlands on Monday with an “attractive” range that gives investors a dividend yield of up to 7.4% on 2018’s numbers, according to a banker involved.

Deutsche Bank has set the terms for the IPO of its asset management division DWS after securing a sizable anchor commitment from Nippon Life, the biggest life insurance company in Japan.