Deal and ratings review, week ending 22 February

World Bank made an emphatic return to Kangaroo mid-curve issuance during the third full week of February, with a A$1.3 billion (US$922 million) deal. In New Zealand, Contact Energy priced the market's first corporate green bond and in offshore Australian dollar issuance, BNP Paribas priced a dual-tranche five-year senior nonpreferred deal.