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Two Gulf bank issuers — Qatar National Bank and Gulf International Bank — hit bond markets on Tuesday to raise dollar funds, following what has been a busy period for Middle Eastern issuers. With investor appetite remains ravenous and market conditions healthy, there is scope for further issuance.

French agency Cades will debut its social bond framework in dollars on Tuesday, less than a week after it raised the largest ever bond in the format with its inaugural issue in euros. It will share the market with the International Development Association (IDA), which is preparing to kick off its 2020/21 funding year with a sustainable development benchmark of its own.

Nissan Motor made its debut in the European bond market on Friday with a €2bn deal that investors would have liked larger and differently shaped, just a day after it had issued its first ever foreign currency bond, for $8bn.

Saudi Electricity Co, which is majority-owned by the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has raised its debut green sukuk — making it the first green bond ever issued by a Saudi issuer, just months after the Ministry of Finance raised a green export credit agency-backed syndicated loan.

The UK Debt Management Office has selected the banks which will lead its second syndicated transaction of the month, a tap of its 0.5% 2061 conventional Gilt.

ENN Energy Holdings, one of China’s largest clean energy distributors, raised $750m on Thursday with its green bond debut.

Chinese hospitality company Huazhu Group has launched a secondary offering in Hong Kong, the latest in a growing number of dual listings on the bourse.

State-owned Saudi Electricity Co is set to debut in the still nascent green sukuk market, making it only a handful of issuers across the world to do so.

Hong Kong-listed ESR Cayman pulled off its first convertible bond this week, signalling an increasing flow of deals to come to the Asian equity-linked market. The company took advantage of its surging stock price and a hot reception from investors to raise $350m. Jonathan Breen reports.

AIA Group has issued a $1.75bn subordinated bond, which will be the first to qualify as tier two capital under a new regulatory framework in the works in Hong Kong. Alice Huang reports.

SciClone Pharmaceutical (Holdings), a Chinese biopharmaceutical company that claims to have developed a drug to treat Covid-19, is seeking the greenlight to list in Hong Kong.

Nordic Semiconductor, the Norwegian maker of semiconductors, has completed an Nkr1.1bn ($125m) growth capital raising to fund M&A opportunities and an acceleration of its growth strategy.