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Woolworths reopened the Australian dollar corporate market with a A$1bn ($645m) dual tranche trade on Wednesday, the first from a corporate since the end of February.

Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co (BoCom Leasing) found strong support from investors for its $800m dual-tranche floating-rate deal on Monday, thanks to its status as a defensive credit in a volatile market.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China turned to the Australian debt market on Monday to raise A$500m ($336m) through its Sydney branch.

ONGC Videsh (OVL), the international arm of Indian state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp, has mandated nine banks for a $1bn loan.

Records tumbled in the US bond market this week, as Bank of America and Toronto Dominion set new pricing records.

Ford Motor Credit Company mandated banks on Tuesday to lead a new Australian dollar deal, its first since 2016.

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) launched a new sustainable tier two on Friday. Looking to broaden its investor universe in the euro market and enlarge its tier two buffer after changes in Australian regulation, ANZ’s deal attracted orders of 2.5 times its €1bn size.

Goldman Sachs set the lowest coupon of 2019 on a new preferred deal in the institutional bond market this week, while BNP Paribas buried the memory of its troubled dollar trade in January with a storming come-back.

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) is getting ready to offer FIG investors a very rare chance to purchase green bank capital in euros, with the issuer set to hit the road for a new tier two in November.

There is a growing pipeline of subordinated bond issuance in the FIG market this week, as issuers think about their regulatory requirements and find no reason to wait in light of a recently favoruable backdrop.

Australia’s Vicinity Centres, a real estate investment trust, issued a €500m bond on Monday, slipping into what is expected to be a week of weak activity before the high grade bond markets light up again next month.

Japanese Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), the holding company for SMBC, returned to Australian dollars on Wednesday after two years away from the currency.