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An Emirati financial has mandated banks for a tier one dollar transaction, adding to the Middle East post-summer pipeline.

US Reit Medical Properties on Wednesday sold its €500m unsecured bond drawing attention from investment and non-investment grade buyers by being the only corporate issue of the day.

ING Bank launched a dual tranche benchmark in dollars on Monday morning, as the currency continues to provide a funding outlet for European banks.

Alkem Laboratories, a drug manufacturer, has lodged its preliminary prospectus with India’s regulator for a listing that could raise some $200m. The trade will be led by two local and two international banks.

German cable company Tele Columbus is allocating a €435m leveraged loan that backs its acquisition of rival Primacom, setting out its ambitions for consolidation in the sector.

ICICI Bank had a fantastic outcome to its first US dollar issuance of the year, raising $500m this week with no new issue concession and even getting the seal of approval from bankers away from the deal.

Caribbean financial services firm Sagicor’s new 2022s traded up three points in a tough market on Wednesday as the sensation grew that the hard-to-compare credit had priced at a very attractive level for investors on Tuesday.

India’s Yes Bank made waves this week selling only its second green bond on August 5. The the Rp3.15bn ($49.2m) 10 year trade is backed by the world’s first green Masala debt issued by International Finance Corp (IFC).

Barbados-based insurer Sagicor Financial Corp kept eyes on screens in the Latin America market this week. The firm priced its second ever international deal, while the CEEMEA market is using summer for consent solicitations.

ICICI Bank is back for more dollars for a new five year bond on August 5, its first outing in 2015.

China’s eHi Car Services has thrown in the towel on its first attempt to issue a maiden dollar bond due to weak demand. Bankers away from the deal and investors say that a combination of bad timing and bad pricing was to blame.

International Finance Corporation has curried favour by printing the first green offshore rupee bond — and could soon return to dollars with a socially responsible issue.