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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten this week issued its first public Kangaroo bond in over three years, a A$300m ($276m) three year floating rate note.

Compagnie Financement Foncier (CFF) sold a $50m three year capped floating rate obligation foncière via Barclays Capital on Tuesday.

An array of rare issuers and rare currencies were paraded in the MTN market this week driven by dealers touting new issuers and investors’ desire to diversify.

Eight small Norwegian banks have set up a mortgage credit institution, Verd Boligkreditt, for the joint issuance of covered bonds.

The World Bank sold a $130m four year fixed rate "green bond" to Swedish and American investors this week. It pays a 2% coupon and was priced at 100.114.

The average tenor of new issues in the European commercial paper market dropped to its lowest level since April last month, according to Euroclear, as investors remain strongly risk averse.

Dealers of private EMTNs: Non-syndicated deals for less than $250m excluding financial repackaged SPVs, GSE issuers, self-led deals and issues with a term of less than 365 days.

The European Central Bank sprang no surprises relating to its Eu60bn covered bond purchase programme either at the press conference following its governing council meeting or in its monthly report released on Thursday afternoon.

Caisse d’Amortissement de la Dette Sociale (Cades) made its return to structured notes for the first time in more than two years this week and did so with an unusually formatted structure.

Delta Lloyd has closed the books on the first Dutch RMBS of 2009, at a stroke doubling the number of jurisdictions for the asset class. To find out how investors have reacted to Arena 2009-1’s standalone structure, read EuroWeek on Friday.

Take-up figures due on Wednesday from insurer Axa are expected to reaffirm investor enthusiasm for rights issues from financials. The deal follows completion of Alpha Bank of Greece’s Eu986.3m rights issue, despite concerns over the country’s precarious financial situation. Read EuroWeek on Friday for more analysis

UK airport operator BAA’s £325m 30 year inflation-linked issue on Tuesday topped off its return to the sterling bond market last week in its first venture since its 2008 debt restructuring. The deal got a good reception in a quiet week for the high grade corporate bond market dotted by the odd high yield trade, such as a Eu150m seven year bond for Italian motorcycle manufacturer Piaggio. Read EuroWeek on Friday for more analysis on these transactions.