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Lloyds Bank issued its first Australian dollar bond through its senior holding company on Wednesday. As the Kangaroo market shows itself receptive to loss-absorbing products, bankers expect more financial institutions to diversify down under.

Anglo-Dutch consumer goods company Unilever printed the fifth sterling corporate bond deal in as many days on Monday. The £500m dual tranche deal offered investors seven and 12 year tenors. Before this deal it had only 2018 and 2022 maturities outstanding in sterling.

UK telecoms group Virgin Media was in the market for a £200m add-on of its 2024 receivable financing notes on Monday. By Wednesday, it had sold £450m of the deal, proving that demand is not restricted to the high yield debt market for euros, where three more deals were under way.

Kommuninvest is set to complete a trio of three year dollar benchmarks from SSAs this week, after Nordic Investment Bank comfortably priced in the tenor on Wednesday.

Lloyds Bank debuted its first ever Australian dollar bond through its senior holding company on Wednesday. As growing numbers of foreign lenders are drawn to the Australian currency — a consequence of the high rates relative to other markets and a buoyant economy — there is a growing incentive for international borrowers to place bonds down under.

Three borrowers came to market for dollar paper on Tuesday and another hit screens announcing a transaction on Wednesday, as bankers reported strong conditions in the currency.

Indian non-banking financial company (NBFC) Bandhan Bank has lined up five bookrunners for its IPO, expected to raise at least $1bn, according to a banker on the transaction.

Anglo-Dutch consumer goods company Unilever printed the fifth sterling corporate bond deal in three days on Monday. The £500m dual tranche deal offered investors seven and 12 year tenors.

A new name for the SSA market hit screens on Monday, picking three banks to run a dollar five year transaction. The borrower will share the market with dollar trades from Dexia Crédit Local and Finland.

On Monday, Japanese brewer Asahi Group brought the fourth European bond issue by a beer producer in Europe in 2017. The €1.2bn dual tranche offering was the largest of four new issues in the euro corporate bond market, all of which were rated triple-B and paid double digit new issue premiums.

A full €2.3bn of bond offerings from seven borrowers hit screens on Monday in the European high yield bond market, following last week's more than €3bn of new bonds despite fund inflows turning negative.

A lack of five year dollar supply and an acceptance that since the summer issuers need to offer a bit more juice helped a pair of supranationals launch strong trades this week. Other supras are rumoured to be considering follow-on deals next week, although some bankers warn that investor appetite may be sated for the moment, and everything could hinge on how a sharp US Treasury move late on Thursday plays out.