Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

Total, the French oil company, has been a frequent issuer of euro bonds, raising €7bn in 2016 and more than €5bn in each of the two previous years. However, it waited until the last week of September to sell its first new issue in euros in 2017.

Both investment grade corporate bond new issues on Wednesday came from French issuers. Surprisingly, Total issued its first euro bond of 2017, while PSA Banque France sold its second.

Investors bought into attractive yields from triple-B rated issuers that jumped into the US corporate bond market ahead of the Fed’s well flagged announcement that it would reverse quantitative easing.

Activity in the FIG green bond market is picking up in September with close to 100 accounts putting in orders for Deutsche Kreditbank’s second euro offering on Tuesday and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) preparing to hit the road for a holding company level green transaction.

Indonesia’s Waskita Karya sealed a Rph5tr ($375m) loan this week, in a rare syndication with international banks. While the borrower raised its profile as it tapped into pockets of rupiah liquidity from foreign lenders, the deal also illustrated the push by north Asian banks to deploy their balance sheet in Indonesia. John Loh writes.

Chinese investors warmly welcomed Mercedes-Benz Auto Finance’s second outing this year in China’s securitization market, helping the originator raise Rmb4.98bn ($760m) from the senior tranche of its deal.

Activity in the FIG green bond market is picking up in September with close to 100 accounts putting in orders for Deutsche Kreditbank’s second euro offering on Tuesday and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) preparing to hit the road for holding company level green transaction.

Swiss energy and commodities trader Mercuria is looking to raise $850m from a triple-tranche facility that was launched earlier this week.

A hundred investors managing $1.8tr of assets have signed a letter calling on banks to say more about how they are managing the risk of climate change, and to publish a strategy saying how they support the goals of the Paris Agreement.

Beijing Hyundai Motor Group has completed its second securitization in China this year, selling a Rmb3.5bn ($535.3m) two tranche deal on September 12. While the transaction’s timing coincided with rising political tensions between China and South Korea, investors remained undeterred.

Mercedes-Benz Auto Finance is gearing up for its second deal in China’s securitization market this year as it beefs up its operations in the Mainland.

Beijing Hyundai Motor Group is gearing up for a Rmb3.5bn ($535.9m) deal in China’s asset-backed securitization market, just over three months after completing a transaction of the same size.