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World Bank is targeting Italian retail investors with its latest ethical index linked green bond.

The European Central Bank has asked European banks to provide very detailed information their leveraged lending practices, to a very tight deadline, in what is widely believed to be the prelude to regulation of the market.

Schenk, the German measuring and processing technology manufacturer, set out price guidance on its €605m refinancing loan at a bank meeting on Tuesday.

Sunway Construction Group, the offshoot of Malaysian conglomerate Sunway, is on track to raise up to MR550m ($154m) after setting the maximum price for its IPO at MR1.20 ($0.33) a share, according to sources close to the company.

Saratoga Investama Sedaya, the Indonesian private equity firm, has issued the first exchangeable bond of 2015 on May 19, printing a $100m five put three offering that saw its rarity value driving demand.

ABN Amro is set to become the first bank to print a green bond in euros next month, while Lloyds has mandated for another sterling-denominated green bond.

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Bank Dhofar offered investors the longest tenor available from Oman’s banking sector this week, but a tier one structure and lack of clear comparables was a recipe for disagreement over fair value.

The deadline for banks to submit proposals for a jumbo Kuwait National Petroleum Co loan passed on Sunday, say bankers looking at the deal.

Turkish banks' first annual refinancing round continues, with ING Turkey seeking to close a loan as early as Wednesday, while Alternatif Bank is also lining up.

Chile reaffirmed its commitment to the European bond market on Tuesday with a dual-tranche issue designed to lure the country’s companies to fund themselves on the other side of the Atlantic.

Deals from financial institutions have been creeping out into the primary market this week, but issuers are clearly still keen to avoid printing in euros.