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Shinhan Financial Group raised $500m from a Covid-19 resilience social bond on Monday, finding support from investors keen to buy deals sold to help businesses and people impacted by the pandemic.

A rally in Hong Kong and China’s equity markets on Monday buoyed sentiment among debt investors too. They pumped in orders of more than $10bn into Shanghai International Port (Group) Co’s dollar bond at the peak.

Amco Asset Management is looking to join the list of banks looking to print bonds in the rush to issue before earnings blackouts begin.

FMO began a series of investor calls on Monday to market a rare tier two bond issue ahead of a call date of a previous deal in the format in December.

Hipgnosis Songs Fund, the London-listed investment trust focused on song royalties, has announced a fresh £200m share sale as it prepares to acquire up to £1bn of additional music catalogues.

Country Garden has launched a $1.5bn-equivalent loan into general syndication after mandating a group of nine banks.

Yankee banks ensured a record-breaking first half ended on a high, as European lenders took advantage of strong demand for tier two paper.

NRW.Bank’s inaugural social bond sparked a flurry of 15 year trades this week as a flattening French curve and the positive yields on offer helped spur on demand, with three issuers opting to follow the German agency’s successful trip to the maturity on Wednesday.

Uniqa Insurance has become the first European insurance company to take advantage of a change in the way in which S&P looks at capital quality, pricing a new short call tier two in euros on Thursday.

The 15 year tenor is the flavour of the week in the SSA market. Three issuers have mandated for deals at the tenor so far, following on from NRW.Bank’s successful trip to the maturity on Tuesday.

Ukraine was set to issue a highly anticipated bond on Wednesday, having started pricing with what some experts called "impressive" initial price thoughts. The deal follows one from Poland, which secured three year money at a negative yield in euros on Tuesday.

Royal Vopak, the Dutch oil and gas storage company, is marketing senior and subordinated private placements, according to market sources.