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Commerzbank and Unipol Group ‘ticked all the boxes’ with their new green senior transactions on Wednesday, amassing large orders from investors.

UniCredit sold a $1bn non-preferred senior bond in the dollar market this week, as it made further headway on its total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) plans for next year.

Tensions between the US and China dealt a blow to state-owned utility firm China Three Gorges Corp’s $1bn bond outing, which fell short of the lead banks’ pricing expectations.

Bangkok Bank sold its first Basel III-compliant additional tier one dollar bond on Tuesday, making it a rare bank capital offering from Thailand.

Chinese hospitality company Huazhu Group is on track to raise around HK$6.06bn ($781.8m) from its secondary offering in Hong Kong, after sending price guidance to investors.

Novartis, the Swiss pharmaceutical company, is set to join the nascent sustainability-linked bond market this week after mandating banks for a trade and investors will have another chance to pick up crossover rated debt in a deal from forklift truck maker Kion Group.

French agency Cades and the International Development Association returned to the dollar market for the first time since the summer break on Tuesday to bring a pair of five year socially responsible deals.

Rentenbank impressed SSA bankers on Tuesday as rolled out its debut benchmark green bond. The deal is expected to pay no new issue premium at the final spread.

Altice France is marketing a €900m equivalent eight year bond across dollars and euros, coming hot on the heels of Friday’s announcement that Patrick Drahi, the billionaire owner of the telecoms group, was trying to take Altice Europe private.

US companies visited the euro bond market on Monday, with multi-tranche issues from drinks company Coca-Cola and real estate investment trust Digital Realty, which brought a rare floating rate note in euros.

French agency Cades will debut its social bond framework in dollars on Tuesday, less than a week after it raised the largest ever bond in the format with its inaugural issue in euros. It will share the market with the International Development Association (IDA), which is preparing to kick off its 2020/21 funding year with a sustainable development benchmark of its own.

Rentenbank is moving forward with its plans to issue a debut euro green benchmark bond following a series of investor meetings over the past few weeks.