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Sweden’s Swedavia, an airport operator, has printed a Skr1bn (€94m) green bond, the issuer’s debut outing in the sustainable bond market.

JAB Holding, the consumer products holding company, steepened its credit curve this week with its dual tranche bond, as it preferred securing demand over squeezing investors on pricing.

Bank issuers led a flurry of dollar bond deals this week, as they dashed to wrap up funding before year end and ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s final meeting of 2019.

E.On, the German power company, hit the short end of its bond curve on Tuesday, launching a €500m no-grow 2.8 year deal on a tricky day for the wider markets.

Groupe BPCE and BNP Paribas issued green bonds this week, attracting strong levels of demand for such a late stage in the year.

Investors have had to wait 22 years for the World Bank to issue in Danish kroner, but the supranational returned at the end of last week with a long-dated green bond.

Intesa Sanpaolo and BNP Paribas hurried to make use of strong market conditions this week, building blowout order books for a pair of new senior deals in socially responsible formats.

Finland’s Terveystalo has refinanced its bank debt, with the healthcare provider becoming the latest corporate to switch its credit facility to be linked to sustainability metrics.

Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten and Kommuninvest followed in the footsteps of KfW as they included their environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings in the terms sheets for socially responsible bonds this week, with the latter selling the largest single-issue green bond from a Nordic public sector borrower.

KfW returned to Polish zloty issuance last Friday after a 13 year absence from the market, as it looks to tap new sources of capital.

Two SSA borrowers have will follow KommuneKredit's lead by issuing green bonds on Wednesday after the Danish agency announced and priced a deal on Tuesday.

Santander Consumer Finance (SCF) had plenty of momentum in its order book as it looked to extend its maturity curve in the preferred senior bond market on Wednesday.