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On Tuesday, pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline returned to the corporate bond market for the first time since November 2014, and its rarity value contributed to combined order books of over €5.5bn for the triple tranche deal.

The UK this week once again broke its record order book, with bankers suggesting the huge demand may have been down to investors taking their last chance for ultralong sovereign sterling paper for some time.

A mid-market shake-out is under way in UK corporate broking as global banks and smaller rivals jostle for supremacy, writes David Rothnie.

Spanish clothing retailer Cortefiel priced its leveraged buyout bond on Thursday, in a sign that the high yield market is open for challenging credits.

China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec) sealed its second benchmark transaction of the year, a four tranche $3.25bn deal, just five months after the state-owned company took home $3.4bn from a similar transaction.

Investors embraced Philippine company Ayala Corp’s return to the dollar market after more than a decade away, funnelling $2.5bn into a $400m fixed for life deal that attracted attention for its rarity value.

Hutchison Port Holdings Trust (HPHT) sailed away with $500m on the back of a $3bn order book on Wednesday, proving yet again its strong credentials and reputation in the debt market.

Lai Sun Development Company beat competition on Wednesday to nab $400m from a bond, managing to price inside the levels achieved by other unrated Hong Kong names recently.

Seed company Syngenta has mandated banks for a global dollar transaction, its first foray into the market since China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) completed its acquisition of the company this summer.

NRW.Bank launched its fifth green bond on Wednesday, sneaking in just ahead of Thursday’s European Central Bank meeting.

Clarion Events is set to launch the loan funding for its acquisition by private equity firm Blackstone next week or soon after. The buyer also has funding for a deal to buy Paysafe in the pipeline.

France, Tennet, NWB and Berlin Hyp are among the green and social bond issuers acclaimed in GlobalCapital's Sustainable and Responsible Capital Markets Awards 2017, which were announced on Tuesday in Amsterdam.