Yves Dupuy, Société Générale’s former chief information officer for global banking and investor solutions EMEA, has joined post-trade infrastructure company Euroclear as its CIO, a newly created role.

The Turkish lira’s value has been battered by a chaotic political and economic backdrop but, with yields at their highest level since 2007, some MTN investors are opting to take the plunge.

The nascent social bond market is keeping the primary public sector debt market ticking over as the end of the year approaches. Demand for the new asset class is swelling, and investors are beginning to make their preferences known.

Poland on Monday raised €300m with a two year private placement, its second such instrument in as many years.

The European Investment Bank has tapped its August 2026 Polish zloty line for Z500m ($138.7m), taking the total outstanding to Z2.5bn. The trade forms part of EIB’s strategy to increase funding in Polish zloty, in which the issuer has three lines approaching benchmark size amid a perceived structural shortage in the currency.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) tapped South African rand twice this week, amid rising yields in the currency. Elsewhere, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and World Bank both sold three lots of offshore renminbi, and Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) returned to Hong Kong dollars.

Flexible investors are returning small amounts of money into prime funds after the mass exodus experienced following money fund reform, according to a Moody’s report. However, a managing director at Barclays believes this is not yet a significant trend.

Agence Française de Développement has placed a €205m clip maturing in 2037, exceeding the length of its previous longest trade in the currency by five years.

Municipality Finance issued its first green private placement on Wednesday, coming alongside a drive for more green assets on the lending side.

A position paper detailing a new unified approach to impact reporting by Nordic public sector green bond issuers has been welcomed by investors, who hailed its broad scope and detailed methodology as an important development for the market.

Supranationals have delivered a spurt of niche currency medium term notes, returning to old favourites like South African rand as well as making use of demand for more exotic currencies, particularly in Latin America.

The African Development Bank has sold its longest MTN ever, leading a spurt of long dated private placement euro issuance from public sector borrowers.