◆ Pair of real estate borrowers print four euro tranches ◆ Vonovia draws strongest demand on shortest leg of €2bn three-part trade ◆ Realty Income pays small concession on €600m outing

◆ Pair more than 3.5 times covered at final terms ◆ Suez lands flat, Air France pays up ◆ Airline paper performs in secondary

◆ French utility returns a week after A$1.25bn debut ◆ Six year tranche pulls stronger demand than 12 year ◆ Both legs land close to fair value

Head of funding Jochen Schader says strong promotional lending has pushed the 2026 target above €15bn, as the agency caps its dollar programme before the summer

◆ BBVA opts for green five year bullet ◆ Pays concession for secondary performance ◆ Outperforms SNP supply from last week

All as expected by the market, but lack of more details regarding bill issuance somewhat disappoints

Investors in Latin America are growing increasingly concerned that social unrest in Colombia, where tax reform plans are in tatters and more than 40 people have been killed, is a sign of things to come, with sovereigns facing severe pressure as they attempt to improve credit profiles that have been battered by the coronavirus pandemic. Yet sovereign bond markets are seeing only modest, short-lived sell-offs, given the enormous liquidity still in bond markets.

In this round-up, the China Securities Regulatory Commission plans to ask companies to include separate chapters for corporate governance as well as environmental and social responsibilities in their annual financial reports, and three Chinese telecommunications companies will be dropped from the New York Stock Exchange after an unsuccessful appeal.

UBS has revamped its management of sustainability and appointed Michael Baldinger as chief sustainability officer. Last month it named Suni Harford, president of UBS Asset Management, as group executive board sponsor for sustainability and impact.

Liontrust Asset Management is launching a new listed ESG fund on the London Stock Exchange.

Banks backing the successful Allied Universal bid for UK security company G4S are set to split around $100m in financing fees for backing the deal, with Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley in line for the lion’s share of the profits, as the $6.3bn eight tranche syndication is priced and the firm is delisted.

A small band of committed investors in Tesco has achieved spectacular success with a shareholder motion on healthy food. This should embolden investors to hold issuers to account on a wider range of social matters — and also contains a deeper lesson about how markets bring about change.

UK government can find direction by being determined on defence and green growth

Growing company gets new bank lenders and equity investors

Recently departed banker to resurface in Asia

Five year bond set to be priced much tighter than the development bank's last senior issue

International Finance Corp’s drive to introduce development finance to the CLO market is advancing. Its second deal of $509m had more investors, more tranches and better pricing, supporting its rapid growth

Investors were eager to tender their bonds despite initial resistance

Issuer asks for interest payment holiday, parent DigitalBridge likely to step in

Credit quality of loans in CLO portfolios becomes increasingly important following the first CLO 2.0 liability impairment

CLO mezzanine investors are paid high spreads precisely because impairments are a possibility

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