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Alterea, the French property developer, attracted strong demand for its sub-benchmark bond issue on Tuesday, prompting bankers off the trade to praise its execution.

The Kingdom of Morocco, a rare bond issuer at the best of times and an even rarer dollar-denominated issuer, entered the market on Tuesday to raise a triple-tranche dollar bond. The deal is the second from the North African sovereign in recent months.

Credit Suisse this week launched its inaugural structured note with a green use of proceeds. Interest in ESG-linked issuance is growing, with an increasing number of retail clients looking to invest in the product.

Beijing Construction Engineering Group has received strong response from the market for its second loan of the year. The $350m deal is expected to be signed before the end of December.

Two banks landed tight with environmental, social and governance (ESG) themed deals this week: Crédit Agricole settled at a record low on its social bond debut, while DZ Bank came even tighter with its first senior non-preferred green bond.

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.

Webuild, the Italian construction company formerly known as Salini Impregilo, has launched a refinancing of its €600m 2021 bond, after finally completing the takeover of stricken competitor Astaldi at the beginning of last month. The new tender offer is intended to finish a refi attempt started in January, which received lacklustre take-up.

Crédit Agricole landed at an extremely tight level on Wednesday morning as it made its social bond debut with a seven year senior non-preferred deal, following in the footsteps of last week's near zero yield print from Svenska Handelsbanken.

Four Chinese borrowers hit the dollar bond market on Tuesday, raising $745m between them.

CNP Assurances ventured out with a rare tier three deal on Tuesday, becoming only the second issuer this year to tap the format in euros.

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.

French hotels group Accor this week became the latest issuer to tap the convertible bond market for financing in the wake of the rally in value stocks following positive Covid vaccine news in early November.