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BBVA’s Mexican subsidiary BBVA Bancomer is looking for its first international bond in a year after mandating banks to lead a senior unsecured deal.

Seven Yankee banks stole a march this week in the race to frontload funding, as September got off to its usual red-hot start in dollars.

Issuance in Europe’s high grade corporate market trended towards high beta names this week, with a spate of deals from riskier names, including the first outing for German fallen angel ZF Freidrichshafen since its downgrade.

Commerzbank did not pay a premium to launch its new additional tier one (AT1) this week, as it found strong demand at the long end of the curve. The bank was returning to the market just three months after its last deal in the format.

Orange, the French telecommunications company, has mandated for its debut sustainability bond, as some syndicate bankers said that there was evidence that demand for environmental and socially themed debt from corporates rated investment grade was reaching worrying levels.

The summer slowdown finally arrived in the US corporate bond market this week, with just a handful of issuers showing up before September's season truly begins — bringing what is expected to be a bumper crop of deals.

Europe’s high grade corporate market continued to offer plenty of demand for riskier structures this week, with multiple hybrids again taking up screen space.

Senior deals from Banco de Sabadell and Mediobanca underlined the pricing benefits of printing in green formats this week, with both coming inside conventional curves. Other issuers could be tempted to follow.

Daimler blasted far through its conventional bond curve with its €1bn debut green deal on Thursday, in a first for the European automotive industry that is expected to herald a spate of similar issuance — and could reset expectations about the difference between green and conventional bond pricing.

Corporate bond investors had another chance to pick up some spread on Tuesday after August had closed with a flurry of hybrids, with crossover trades from French nuclear power company Orano and Italian electricity company Enel.

Mediobanca was able to attract demand seven times the size of its new €500m senior bond on Tuesday, which was its debut green deal. The high demand allowed the issuer to launch with a negative new issue premium based on its conventional curve.

Supply and demand for senior financial institution bonds was lukewarm this week, as issuers and investors favoured higher yielding products amid healthy market conditions. FIG deal arrangers are predicting that the trend is set to continue and that issuers will favour capital trades.