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Singapore power company SP PowerAssets began marketing a rare dollar transaction on Tuesday morning, nearly two years after it last hit the offshore debt market.

A hundred investors managing $1.8tr of assets have signed a letter calling on banks to say more about how they are managing the risk of climate change, and to publish a strategy saying how they support the goals of the Paris Agreement.

Since the market returned from its summer break, no corporate bond issuer had printed a new deal with a tenor longer than 12 years before Wednesday. However, on Wednesday French water and waste company Suez Environnement pushed through to 15 years with a €500m trade.

Korea Development Bank assured investors that all is well in the South Korean market by selling a closely watched triple tranche deal the day after the United Nations announced sanctions against its northern neighbour. The policy bank managed to grab $1bn, but the transaction wasn’t without its challenges. Morgan Davis reports.

KazMunayGas Kashagan (KMGK), one of the owners of the Kashagan oil field in Kazakhstan, has increased a five year secured oil prepayment loan facility to $2bn, to fund repayments to buyers under its production sharing agreement.

A chunky $4.108bn leveraged buyout financing, for the acquisition of Global Logistic Properties by a consortium of Chinese investors, has entered into general syndication.

Since the market returned from its summer break, no corporate bond issuer had printed a new deal with a tenor longer than 12 years. However, that changed on Wednesday when French water and waste company, Suez Environnement pushed through to 15 years with a €500m trade.

Korea Development Bank made a strong statement to the market with a $1bn triple-tranche deal on Tuesday, despite some investors being wary about North Korea and others balking at the price.

Japanese telecoms company SoftBank has done it again. On Tuesday, it replicated its 2015 success of a €4.5bn bond issued outside of the US high yield market with a new €4.75bn issue.

Mercedes-Benz Auto Finance is gearing up for its second deal in China’s securitization market this year as it beefs up its operations in the Mainland.

The Korea Development Bank is courting investors for a triple-tranche dollar offering, including a new floating rate note and a fixed rate note, as well as a tap of its existing floating 2022s.

A full €2.3bn of bond offerings from seven borrowers hit screens on Monday in the European high yield bond market, following last week's more than €3bn of new bonds despite fund inflows turning negative.