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The International Finance Corp became the first issuer to launch a green Komodo bond — an offshore bond in Indonesian rupiah — on September 28. But the World Bank had the same idea: it launched a sustainability bond in rupiah the following week.

American real estate investment trust (REIT) WP Carey paid a significant premium when it sold its second euro deal of 2018 on Tuesday. Despite the lack of reverse Yankee issuance this year, investors needed some persuading to buy the 7.5 year deal.

When celebrated investor Bill Gross said that 'bonds, like men, are in a bear market,' he was on to more than he might have realised.

Rising oil prices, strong corporate performance and a supply shortage have driven US high yield bond spreads to their tightest level since the financial crisis. After several cycles of tightening and widening this year, some investors think that this time there is still more room for the rally to run.

Tencent Music Entertainment Group has started pre-deal investor education for one of the highest-profile IPOs by a Chinese firm in the US this year.

Hong Kong-based blank cheque company Alberton Acquisition has filed for approval to list on the Nasdaq.

Elon Musk seems to have walked away relatively unscathed from his brief jostle with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and Tesla’s board must now deal with the mammoth task of trying to control the impulsive chief executive.

Amphenol Technologies, the European subsidiary of a US fibreoptic cable connector firm, sold its first bond in euros on Monday. Despite a weaker secondary tone, demand for the 10 year deal justified the issuer’s decision to press ahead with the trade.

MetLife chose to come to market with a bulldog bond on Tuesday, looking to sell funding agreement-backed securities (FABS). It became the issuer’s smallest sterling trade since 2006 with a barely subscribed book.

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Monday unveiled a much touted white paper on how the organisation's chairman, Christopher Giancarlo, would like to overhaul US oversight of foreign swaps markets.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group on Monday released clearing for OTC swaps based on the secured overnight financing rate (Sofr), the preferred benchmark to replace dollar Libor.

Thirteen companies that produce 30% of the world’s oil and gas have committed to reducing methane waste by a fifth, and will try to cut it by a third. The decision comes a few days after ExxonMobil, Chevron and Occidental joined an industry group on climate change. But analysts warn that there are many caveats to this good news.