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American insurers Metropolitan Life and Athene Holding had a busy start to the year as they tapped the sterling, euro and dollar markets to issue a quartet of funding agreement backed (FAB) securities.

Hong Kong's CK Asset Holdings made a rapid comeback to the fixed-for-life bond structure this week, raising $500m from a new outing on Tuesday.

Hong Kong’s personal loan provider, United Asia Finance, has returned to the market for its annual borrowing. It is seeking a HK$1.2bn ($154.8m) facility.

Sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) have hogged much of the limelight in the socially responsible investment markets this year. But transition bonds, which had fallen out of favour for some time, have demonstrated there is clear demand for the product, following a strong deal for Snam this week and guidelines due for release in the coming days, writes Mike Turner.

BPCE incorporated a call option into one of its Samurai deals for the first time on Thursday, when it raised about $430m equivalent of non-preferred senior paper, including one social leg.

Chinese state-owned electricity company China Huaneng Group Co sold two tranches of perpetual bonds on Wednesday, raising $1bn.

JD Health International has raised HK$27bn ($3.5bn) after sealing its IPO at the top end of the marketed range, following a flood of global investor demand.

BP, the oil major, was joined at the long end of the bond market on Tuesday by railway company Deutsche Bahn, as issuers take advantage of low spreads to stretch out their debt maturities.

The UK’s SSE Renewables and Norway’s Equinor, two energy companies, have signed what lenders say is the largest ever offshore wind project financing, a £5.5bn package for a wind farm off the UK coast.

BP, the UK oil major, and car rental company Sixt have hired banks for new bonds as the end of year issuance window looks set to stretch into next month.

Snam, the Italian gas network company, has reinvigorated the transition bond market, servicing investors unable to buy sustainability-linked bonds.

JD Health International is set to close the international investor book for its up-to HK$27bn ($3.5bn) IPO a day early, according to a source familiar with matter.