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  • The UK on Thursday launched its much-heralded debut renminbi denominated bond, the first ever from a foreign sovereign. The deal is expected to mark a big increase in profile for the Chinese currency among international issuers and investors.
  • The pace of syndicated sovereign supply from the eurozone periphery is set to pick up as Ireland, Greece and Italy launch new issues over the next few weeks. The first two have indicated that syndications could come in the final quarter, while Italy launches the next line of its BTP Italia domestic inflation-linked product in two weeks’ time – when it will be hoping to repeat the success of Spain, which added to its linker curve this week.
  • Romania is planning to issue a long euro benchmark and has picked four banks for the deal.
  • The UK government on Thursday launched its much-heralded debut RMB denominated bond, the first ever from a sovereign that is not China. The deal is expected to mark a big increase in profile for the Chinese currency among international issuers and investors.
  • The evolution of the green bond market took another big step forward this week as two of Europe’s biggest borrowers launched dollar benchmarks in green format for the first time — and another European agency prepared a second green bond in euros.