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India's REC has raised $500m from a tightly priced bond that appealed to investors because of its relatively short tenor of 5.5 years amid volatility in the longer end of the yield curve.

A consortium led by CVC Capital Partners is seeking a HK$2bn ($257.9m) loan to support the take private of Hong Kong fashion retailer I.T.

H&M, the Swedish clothing retail company, has received blowout demand for its debut bond, as the “perfect storm” of ESG criteria and European Central Bank rule changes to allow it to buy sustainability-linked bonds saw the order book bulge to almost 11 times subscribed at guidance.

National Bank of Kuwait, the country's largest lender, was set to raise an additional tier one (AT1) bond on Thursday as FIG issuers across the Gulf take advantage of good credit conditions. More subordinated funding from the region's banks is expected in the coming weeks.

Pakistan’s Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) is planning to sell its debut dollar bond in late March, in what would be a rare international corporate outing from the country.

National Bank of Kuwait, the country’s largest financial institution, has mandated banks to arrange an offering in its return to the additional tier one market. Market participants, however, are still holding out hope for the Kuwaiti sovereign to make an appearance.

Hennes & Mauritz, the Swedish clothing retailer, has chosen to issue its first ever bond in the novel sustainability-linked format.

First Abu Dhabi Bank, the largest bank in the UAE, debuted in the euro market on Tuesday, selling a bond that was more than twice subscribed just a week after it entered the sterling market.

Ecobank Nigeria, part of the pan-African banking group Ecobank Transnational, was set to raise dollar debt in the bond market on Wednesday, underscoring investors' appetite for exposure to sub-Saharan Africa.

Egypt and the Ivory Coast sold bonds on Monday that were heavily oversubscribed and offered little to no new issue concession. The trades, sources said, were evidence that volatility in global markets has had little impact on high yielding debt — though questions linger around investment grade EM issuance.

The Arab Republic of Egypt entered the international bond market on Monday to sell a Reg A/144A multi-tranche dollar deal. Some participants are calling the 40 year tranche “ambitious”, as they say investor demand for duration has been weakening.

Standard Chartered has made two appointments to its corporate, commercial and institutional banking (CCIB) business in Singapore.