Public sector borrowers are taking different approaches to the MTN market as they look to see out the rest of the funding year.

The Autonomous Community of Andalusia is aiming to revisit the public and private bond markets next year, according to the region’s minister of economy and finance.

Deutsche Bank has grown its private placement desk after making two hires from rival banks.

South American development bank Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) could turn to the public bond markets to begin its pre-funding for 2019, having issued its largest ever private placement last week to bring its 2018 financing programme close to completion.

Spain's Fondo de Amortización del Déficit Eléctrico (FADE) will look to the private market to complete its 2018 funding programme, following the sale of its second and final syndication of the year.

The Development Bank of Japan was able to tighten pricing on a €700m October 2025 sustainability bond this week, something not every issuer has found possible in the currency in the past few weeks. Meanwhile, the World Bank tapped an old friend for $200m with a green bond.

The State of California has bought $200m of short dated green bonds from the World Bank, the latest stage in a relationship that stretches back to the issuer’s first dollar green bond in 2009.

Public sector borrowers snapped up cut price deals in the private markets this week, helping to quell trades in the benchmark sector.

Agence France Trésor will increase its use of short-term debt markets after France’s growing deficit — outlined in a government budget statement on Monday — resulted in a nearly €30bn increase in its financing requirements.

The World Bank is introducing a new SRI note that offers exposure to the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of signatories to the UN Global Compact.

Crédit Agricole has hired a former Barclays head of MTNs to head up its MTN business in Europe.

Asian Development Bank has become the second ever borrower to sell Armenian dram denominated paper.