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The Emirate of Abu Dhabi raised $2bn on Tuesday, in a deal that bankers said achieved one of the largest negative new issue premiums on any sovereign dollar investment grade bond so far this year.

A handful of Chinese investment grade names bombarded the dollar debt market on Tuesday, taking more than $2bn.

CMB International Capital Corp, China Merchants Bank's wholly-owned offshore financial services platform, jumped into the offshore market on Tuesday to raise $600m.

The Emirate of Abu Dhabi, one of the highest rated sovereign issuers in the Middle East, was in the market on Tuesday for a seven year dollar bond less than a year after it broke records by issuing the Gulf's longest ever bond.

China’s state-owned Zijin Mining Co is once again attempting to boost its relationship with international banks with a new $500m loan in syndication.

Debut Chinese borrowers are steadily returning to the dollar loan market, taking advantage of economic recovery in the country to raise money to finance their capital expenditure.

South African bank Investec is inviting Asian lenders to join a $450m sustainability-linked loan that is being syndicated globally.

Barclays has hired a managing director from Standard Chartered in London to cover fintech clients in EMEA.

The ABS frenzy in China’s domestic market continued unabated this week, with three more originators launching their transactions. This included BYD Auto Finance Co, which made its internationally rated debut.

Europe’s high grade corporate bond issuers had a tough week in the primary market after inflation fears sent investors fleeing risk.

Europe’s high grade corporate bond issuers had a second tough day running on Thursday, as secondary spreads inched wider and investors proved lukewarm to new issuance.

Emirates NBD, the biggest bank in Dubai, has mandated banks to arrange an additional tier one (At1) deal. It will follow another bank from emirate, Dubai Islamic Bank, which recently broke records with its own AT1 transaction.