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A Nordic bank has picked a new global head of SSA origination, with the previous holder of the position set to switch to a newly created, SRI focused job within the bank.

Skanska, the Swedish construction and property development company that is a leader in green building, has signed a €200m green revolving facility with four of its relationship banks.

As fund managers fill their pockets with corporate leveraged finance debt, borrowers like BMC Software are taking advantage of strong conditions to slash funding costs across their financial structure.

The supply of hybrid bonds continued this week, with an additional feature — both hybrids sold this week were certified as green bonds.

Danish power company Ørsted has wasted no time in issuing under its new name after leaving the Dong Energy brand behind earlier in November. On Thursday the issuer sold a green hybrid and a green senior bond, as well as announcing a tender offer for its shorter dated bonds.

A rush of consolidation has swept through Europe’s payments processing industry in the past six months and the financing for two of the deals, the acquisitions of Nets and Paysafe, hit the leveraged finance market this week.

China Development Bank Corp priced its maiden international green bond on Thursday, raising close to $1.7bn from a dual-currency transaction that will fund Belt and Road related projects. The deal offered diversification not only to the issuer but also to investors.

Founders of Mr Green, the Nordic online gambling company, picked Carnegie and SEB to sell a block of its shares in an accelerated bookbuild on Wednesday night. The trade was then increased.

Komplett Bank, the Norwegian consumer lender, priced a Nkr896m sale of shares on Oslo Bors at the top of the initial range, bucking the trend of many recent flotations.

Bookrunners on China Development Bank Corp’s debut international green bond have released price guidance for a dual-tranche transaction featuring dollars and euros.

German car manufacturer Daimler has proven a good medium to track the tightening of euro corporate bond credit spreads in 2017, having issued more than €9bn before the end of October. On Tuesday, a €1bn 10 year deal took that total within €1bn of the issuer’s 2016 total, but it didn’t come cheap.

China Development Bank Corp (CDB) is gearing up for talks with fixed income investors for its inaugural offshore green bond, mandating firms for a dual-currency transaction.