ANZ has appointed former loan syndications banker Nancy Wang to the newly created position of director of sustainable finance, international.

Daimler will issue its first green bond soon, becoming one of only a very few issuers in the automotive sector. It will hold intensive discussions with 40 or 50 investors on Monday and Tuesday and the deal may follow, sooner or later after that.

Islamic Development Bank closed a $1.5bn sukuk deal on Thursday that it will use to fund member countries’ work in cleaning up the aftermath of Covid-19.

The rise of impact investing and environmental, social and governance strategies (ESG) have proved capital markets can be a driving force for positive change. Newmarket Capital, established to acquire and grow the structured solutions and impact-focused IIFC funds previously housed at Mariner Investment Group, is focused on strategies including development and infrastructure finance, socially responsible investments, and impact securitization. In partnership with Citi, the Newmarket team’s CITAH 2019 transaction securitizing affordable housing loans stands out as a prime example of accessing capital markets to address an urgent social need, earning our Most Innovative Securitization Deal of the Year for 2019.

Five banks and insurers from across Europe issued senior debt this week, including two in green bond format, as they tried to find opportunities in a choppy market. Athene Global Funding, Banco de Sabadell, Virgin Money, Santander and Hypo Noe all priced deals.

Hyundai pulled into the Swiss franc bond market this week with a three-year green deal that was priced with a substantial new issue premium (NIP). Elsewhere, nuclear energy provider AKEB sold one of the highest yielding bonds of recent weeks.

New changes will allow for 'more intuitive' analysis and increase maximum covered bond rating uplift

Fitch has replaced Moody's as main rater

Bifurcation is emerging in how investors treat the hyperscalers

Lessor's $717m deal shows aircraft lease ABS spreads back at pre-war levels

Spreads widen after string of surprise jumbo tech trades

Alphabet, Amazon and Oracle may give bond market a rest

Books multiple times covered as company seeks money for energy investments

Deal to recoup costs to pay for 2018 Woolsey fire damage

Enpal plans its fourth issuance for later this year

Few sub-Saharan African issuers have issued Samurai and fewer without a guarantee

Break-up with Fitch over downgrade has not put off investors

Strong appetite from international banks for first gigascale 24/7 solar plant

Issuer has set the stage for peers to return to public market

Uneventful ECB passes as SSA bankers say bigger risk is energy shock lasting into August reopening

The trade may persuade other top-tier GCC sovereigns that the public market is open

US drug company Eli Lilly jolted the dollar market awake on Wednesday with an eight-part jumbo trade to fund two recent acquisitions

The US dollar market buoyant this week despite escalating hostilities in the Middle East

Redwood will be a repeat issuer