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International SOS, a Singapore-based emergency medical assistance provider, is making its debut in the syndicated loan market for $320m.

Green, social and sustainable issuance has dominated the supranational and agency bond market for a whole month, consistently outpacing conventional supply. That trend looks set to continue with three SRI deals already on screens.

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Bank Nederlandse Gementeen kicked off a busy week for socially responsible bond issuance by public sector borrowers with a well-received 12 year sustainable bond, its longest ever deal in that format.

National Bank of Greece (NBG) has become the lowest rated bank to issue green debt, after winning two times as much demand as it needed for a €500m senior bond on Thursday. The trade formed part of a flurry of green issuance in the FIG market, alongside new deals from Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel and Mizuho Financial Group.

Eureden, a French food co-operative, has signed about €550m of sustainability linked loans, with part of the money earmarked for acquisitions.

Gabriel Levy, who starts as Natixis's global head of debt capital markets on Thursday, says that the bank has made its FIG business more balanced, while its SSA franchise needs to speed up growth outside of France.

Aareal Bank sold the first bank bond in euros for a week on Wednesday, offering encouragement to other issuers who have remained stuck in the pipeline.

French agency Caisse d'Amortissement de la Dette Sociale returned to the euro social bond market on Tuesday, equalling its impressive achievement earlier this month to print another €5bn deal.

Gabriel Levy will start as Natixis's global head of debt capital markets this week, replacing Michael Haize, who is moving over to the global markets division to become global head of rates and currencies trading.

Caisse d’Amortissement de la Dette Sociale is set to return to the social bond market in euros after setting the size record for the format in the currency earlier this month — a feat it also recently achieved in the dollar market.

Mizuho Financial Group will be looking to time the sale of a new senior deal very carefully this week, with euro market conditions still proving challenging for issuers.