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September’s expected busy calendar of equity-linked issues in Europe made further progress this week, when Qiagen and Capital Stage sold unusually structured bonds, both of which achieved strong books and priced within their ranges — with no sign of market congestion yet.

On Wednesday, Spanish electricity utility Iberdrola became the third corporate issuer in a week to print a green bond in euros. The €750m 10 year deal took the total corporate green bonds issued since the summer break to €1.95bn.

Inter-American Development Bank won a big reception on Thursday as it completed its benchmark funding for the year with a five year dollar global that rode on the coattails of a similar trade by Asian Development Bank a day earlier. Agence Française de Développement also made a triumphant return to dollars after a pulled trade in February, as it matched its largest ever deal in the currency for size.

Asian equity capital markets jolted back into life this week, with a handful of overnight blocks signalling the end of the summer lull during the constant furore on the Korean peninsula. Despite the uncertainty, bankers predict equity markets will absorb the noise and battle through. Jonathan Breen reports.

Chinese logistics firm Best hit the road on Thursday to start drumming up demand for its $931.5m IPO of American depositary shares (ADS).

Shandong-based Weichai Power Co became the sole G3 bond issuer to hit the debt market on Thursday, marketing a senior dollar perpetual deal to help repay acquisition-related loans.

The pattern of equity-linked issues coming in pairs continued on Wednesday, when Qiagen and Capital Stage successfully sold bonds. Both transactions were unusual, though in contrasting ways.

Inter-American Development Bank will on Thursday attempt a five year dollar benchmark, copying a Wednesday deal from Asian Development Bank that bankers on the trade said was the best dollar deal since the summer. Agence Française de Développement is also out with a dollar benchmark — its first since a pulled trade in February.

On Wednesday, Spanish electricity utility Iberdrola became the third corporate issuer in a week to print a green bond in euros. The €750m 10 year deal took the total corporate green bonds issued since the summer break to €1.95bn.

France, Tennet, NWB and Berlin Hyp are among the green and social bond issuers acclaimed in GlobalCapital's Sustainable and Responsible Capital Markets Awards 2017, which were announced on Tuesday in Amsterdam.

Taiwan’s TPK Holding raised $236.3m on Tuesday evening from a placement of Global Depository Receipts, pricing the deal near the bottom of guidance.

Two more borrowers added on Tuesday to the almost €3bn of new high yield bonds already being marketed in Europe this week. But just as the market is set to surpass last year's volumes, investors have started to voice concern over low coupon levels.