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The last time British Telecommunications (BT) sold sterling bonds, the global financial crisis was still to strike. It returned on Tuesday after more than 10 years away, issuing in euros and dollars, but investors were not as welcoming as the issuer may have expected.

The supply of hybrid bonds continued this week, with an additional feature — both hybrids sold this week were certified as green bonds.

UK-based drinks manufacturer Diageo returned to corporate bond markets on Tuesday after three years without issuing in any bond market. The owner of brands such as Guinness, Johnnie Walker whisky and Tanqueray gin opted for a three year and long six year dual tranche offering on its return.

Borrowers and investors marched on in the European leveraged finance markets this week, pricing €1.5bn of high yield bonds while bankers have been able to tighten terms on new loan deals during syndication. Deals pulled earlier in the week in the US are already a fading memory.

Bank of China's Paris branch raised almost $1.5bn across three currencies and tranches on Wednesday, marking the fifth offshore green bond from China this year. Concord New Energy had contrasting success and pulled out of a planned deal.

Shenzhen International Holdings and Tahoe Group Co have mandated banks to organise roadshows for new dollar bonds.

China Jianyin Investment (JIC), an equity investment group, launched a euro-dollar combo transaction on Thursday morning, its first international debt offering.

Cores, Spain’s strategic oil reserves manager, has returned to capital markets for the first time in two years, defying Spain's political turmoil to raise €400m while slashing 7bp from its initial spread.

Greece has fired the starting gun on its latest debt rehabilitation effort, after launching a roughly €30bn exchange offer for 20 bonds it issued as part of its restructuring in 2012.

Singapore’s green bond market cracked open a bit further on Tuesday when Canadian life insurer Manulife Financial Corp sold a S$500m ($367.5m) tier two bond, only the second green deal in the currency.

Fixed-line telecom operator WTT HK priced a $670m bond on Tuesday, with the rare Hong Kong high yield name attracting robust investor interest. Despite a choppy market, the issuer tightened pricing by 37.5bp, and the notes held up well in secondary.

Two green issuers from China are wooing buy-side accounts for new bonds, with Concord New Energy Group and Bank of China collecting investor orders from Wednesday morning.