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Two A-share smart beta exchange traded funds (ETFs) list in Hong Kong, the central bank of Cambodia wants the country’s businesses to use renminbi to trade, and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) agrees to co-operate with New Development Bank (NDB) on financing the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

HSBC has become the first international bank to acquire a joint lead underwriter licence for Panda bonds sold by non-financial issuers in China’s interbank bond market (CIBM), according to a Friday announcement by the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (Nafmii).

Latin American development bank Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) is gearing up for its debut Panda bond before the end of 2017, which would make it the first in the format from South America. But the deal will only go ahead if the People’s Bank of China fulfills its promise of making the issuance process easier for foreign borrowers, the issuer told GlobalRMB.

A benchmark deal from 2i Rete Gas, rated Baa2/BBB, was not in the same league as the storming transactions the corporate bond market saw on Monday. Those involved felt they were a day late arriving at the party.

While Verizon and Danone amassed combined order books totalling more than €22.5bn on Monday, US consumer goods company Procter & Gamble returned to the euro market somewhat under the radar for its first deal in the currency in two years.

Floating rate investors were not left behind in Monday’s glut of issuance. RCI Banque, the Baa1/BBB rated car financing subsidiary of Renault, brought a seven year floater, sized at €500m no-grow.

Corporate borrowers dashed to print as investment grade spreads maintained their record levels ahead of a sell-off in US Treasuries, as speculation grew that US president Donald Trump would appoint a policy hawk to replace Janet Yellen as Fed chief.

Just three months after Nestlé last extended its corporate bond curve, the Swiss food group was back in the market. Last Friday it pushed its range of maturities even further out.

French food supplier Danone achieved what is believed to be the most tightly priced corporate hybrid capital issue ever on Monday.

Corporate issuers returning from results blackout wasted no time in wading back into the bond market this week, and with investors confident in predictions that the European Central Bank would not spring a nasty pre-Halloween surprise, the result was a series of blow-out books, jumbo deals and tight pricing. Nigel Owen reports.

Two issuers from the Middle East this week printed dollar deals with ease this week, covering a range of maturities from five to 30 years and demonstrating demand across the whole curve.

Fridays were once a no-go for new issue markets, but in recent years that mentality has changed and in recent weeks we have seen corporates price some sizeable bond deals. This week looks set for more of the same.