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Housing Development Finance Corp (HDFC) has picked five banks to work on India’s first offshore rupee-denominated, or Masala bond, with the deal expected to launch as early as next week.

South Korea's KEB Hana Bank is looking to make its first foray into the international bond market, hiring two banks for a dollar trade.

Hong Kong property giant New World Development made a successful return to the dollar bond market last week, using its rarity value to price a $950m trade inside its curve.

Mauricio Macri’s victory in Sunday’s Argentine presidential elections signals a new era for the country and should lead to a further rally in the sovereign’s bonds, at least in the short term, say market analysts.

Huaneng Power International has raised HK$5.69bn ($734m) via a private placement of H-shares as the company shores up funds to repay outstanding loans and to supplement its working capital requirements.

India's IDBI Bank is looking to issue the second dollar-denominated green bond from the country, taking bids for a five year offering on November 23.

A pair of issuers based in southern China – Guangzhou Metro Group and Guangdong Rising Assets Management (GRAM) – are planning to make their respective debuts in the dollar bond market this week.

Alandsbanken, the Finnish banking group, has issued its first Swedish krona bond for over a year, drawing huge demand from domestic Swedish investors.

A tiring but positive week for syndicate bankers ended in a flurry of deals on Friday, as four issuers bathed in the ebullient tone of the corporate bond market.

Another SSA issuer is lining up a seven year euro deal after three borrowers tapped that spot to the tune of over €2bn this week.

The United Kingdom has mandated banks to manage a reopening of its 0.125% index linked Gilt maturing March 2046.

Groupe BPCE launched its first tier two deal of the year on Friday, taking advantage of a buoyant market requiring slimmer new issue premiums.