Raiffeisen Bank International AG

Raiffeisen Bank International launched its first green tier two on Wednesday, landing at a spread that was 10bp inside fair value for an unlabelled deal.

Banco de Sabadell was up to four times subscribed for a tightly priced green deal on Tuesday — its debut in non-preferred senior format. Other FIG issuers are also considering adding ESG labels to more subordinated products, with Raiffeisen Bank International planning a green tier two for this week.

Mondi, a UK packaging and paper company, has signed a €750m revolving sustainability-linked facility, days after completing an acquisition of a Turkish packaging firm.

Polymetal, one of Russia’s largest gold producers, has added to its green debt by raising $400m from international lenders

Belgian supermarket chain Louis Delhaize launched a Schuldschein on Tuesday afternoon, according to market sources, joining a band of retailers tapping the market this year.

UBM Development, the Austrian property company, issued last week what it believes is the eurozone’s first sustainability-linked retail bond — bringing one of the hottest techniques in corporate finance to a traditional market that has dwindled in the recent climate of negative interest rates.

MAS Real Estate is the latest emerging markets issuer to have issued paper linked to environmental, social or governance factors. However, EM investors are demanding more ESG paper to match the levels seen in developed markets.

Sucafina, a Swiss coffee company, has signed a $500m sustainability-linked borrowing base facility, as a small wave of deals from the German speaking region come to fruition.

Austrin electricity and gas company Energie Burgenland has launched a Schuldschein deal weeks after another Austrian utility wrapped up a transaction in the same market.

Barclays' first senior euro deal for more than a year has allayed any fears over British risk as the borrower raised €2bn on Wednesday. The bank was joined in the senior market by another rare name, Kommunalkredit Austria.

Kommunalkredit Austria sold its first public senior bond since its privatisation on Thursday, landing its €300m deal 3bp through where lead managers had seen the balance of investor feedback.

Barclays paid a visit to the euro market to sell its first public senior deal in over a year on Wednesday morning, offering investors a rare chance to pick up exposure to its debt in floating and fixed rate formats.