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Bank of China has printed Asia’s largest green bond in a $3bn deal split between dollar, euro and CNH tranches. The landmark trade attracted strong investor demand and gave a much needed fillip to the dim sum bond market.

Bank of China has hit the market for its multi-currency green bond, with an offshore renminbi portion in only the second time a green dim sum bond has been sold.

Sandvik, one of the last Nordic borrowers to refinance as the regional holidays kick off, this week signed a Skr9bn-equivalent credit facility with two banks leaving the syndicate.

Swedish truck manufacturer Scania has refinanced a €1.25bn multicurrency revolving credit facility, as the pipeline of Nordic loan refinancings slow, according to a senior banker in the region.

Shares in AcadeMedia, which claims to be the largest education company in Europe, soared on Wednesday in heavy trading volume on the first day after its IPO, which a banker said achieved a "record high level of oversubscription".

Castellum, the Swedish property company, has completed its Skr6.3bn ($758m) rights issue, to partly finance its Skr13.4bn purchase of Norrporten.

Bonava, the Swedish housing developer, has obtained a Skr2.7bn ($325m) loan that backs its listing on the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange.

AP Møller-Mærsk, the Danish shipping and oil company, revived its Norwegian krone bond funding on Monday with a three tranche deal that attracted much more demand than expected, growing to Nkr5.2bn (€558m).

Augustus International, a vehicle for IK Investment Partners, has sold its 15.3% stake in Attendo, the largest private healthcare company in Scandinavia, through an accelerated bookbuild run by SEB and Carnegie on Thursday night.

After a slow start to the week, a torrent of covered bonds was priced on Wednesday and Thursday, as issuers sought to move quickly in case the market succumbs to one of many potential political risks it faces this month.

Nordic Investment Bank has mandated three banks to sell its second environmental bond of the year. The paper will be the supranational's second green bond to be denominated in euros.

Ahlstrom, the Finnish fibre based materials manufacturer, has extended the maturity of its €180m credit facility with the approval of all of its lending banks.