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Drax Group, the UK electricity generator, has sold £375m of US private placement debt, alongside a £125m environmental, social and governance facililty to repay a bridge loan used to fund its acquisition of Scottish Power Generation.

NRW.Bank had the dollar market to itself this week, and issuance is expected to continue trickling next week with Ontario Teachers’ Finance Trust poised with a trade.

Vivion, a property company formed in September 2018 and controlled by Israeli tycoon Amir Dayan, is preparing its bond market debut. The funds raised will be used to split the business into a property company (propco) and an operating company (opco), pay off acquisition debt for recently purchased hotels, and reorganise its corporate structure.

Air Baltic, an airline 80% owned by the Latvian government, printed its €200m five year non-call three debut bond on Tuesday from an order book of €300m.

Oman is set to return to the bond market for the first time in nine months this week. The sovereign has picked banks for five and 10 year dollar benchmarks.

NRW.Bank is taking indications of interest on a five year benchmark trade, though syndicate bankers still expect there to be a fizzle rather than a bang of SSA dollar issuance this week.

Banca Popolare di Sondrio tapped the FIG euro market this week, looking to bolster its subordinated capital buffer. The issuer had to pay an expensive coupon of 6.25% on the notes, but with this issuance it fulfils its minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL).

Air Baltic, an airline owned by the Latvian government, has released initial price guidance for its €200m five year non-call three debut bond at 6.75%-7%.

CPI Property Group printed a Reg S tap of its $350m 4.75% March 2023s on Monday, but some chopping and changing over the size during execution had some rival syndicate managers expressing consternation.

A cavalcade of “familiar names” have come to the market over the last week. SSAs, corporates and FIG issuers printed across the euro curve, while a trio of supranationals were also active in emerging market currencies.

Greenko Energy Holdings found ample support for its $950m dual-tranche bond, thanks in part to the duration it offered investors, as well as the positive sentiment surrounding India.

Chinese local government-owned Dalian Deta Holdings Co has debuted in the international bond market for $300m, while repeat issuer KWG Group priced a tight transaction on Monday.