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Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberosterreich has mandated joint leads for its first benchmark euro covered bond.

The gap to repay a €2.7bn bridge facility that supports HeidelbergCement's purchase of Italcementi is set to close once the former cashes in the sale of its West Virginia factory.

The euro market is braced for a difficult close to the year. Given the turbulent conditions expected, green bonds may come into their own.

With an unreconciled order book of almost €800m, Commerzbank’s €250m negative yielding eight year Pfandbrief tap issued on Friday neatly illustrated the desperation of investors.

L-Bank will join the flood of dollar trades hitting screens this week on Thursday, after mandating four banks for a five year Reg S bond.

Commerzbank issued the first euro covered bond since June 15 on Monday, and though it was a clear success, no other issuer ventured to follow.

A pair of European agencies tapped euro lines today in a recovering but still cautious SSA market.

After a slow start to the week, a torrent of covered bonds was priced on Wednesday and Thursday, as issuers sought to move quickly in case the market succumbs to one of many potential political risks it faces this month.

DBS Bank in Singapore this week issued its first deal in Australian dollars, the first covered bond from an Asian lender and the first benchmark sized Kangaroo covered bond of the year.

Norwegian issuer SR Boligkreditt and New Zealand borrower Westpac NZ will both take new euro deals on the road before the end of May, and the UK’s TSB has confirmed covered bonds will form part of its long term funding.

Landesbank Baden-Württemberg has issued the first European covered bond denominated in dollars this year, boding well for further supply from European banks in the currency.

Uncertainty regarding the outcome of the US Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) meeting in June drove public sector borrowers to target the short end of the dollar curve this week, said bankers.