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Procter and Gamble, the US consumer goods company, brought a €1.25bn bond issue to the European market on Tuesday, bringing life to an otherwise moribund reverse Yankee market.

Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten sold its largest ever sustainability bond and the European Investment Bank added a new currency to its climate bonds on Tuesday, as a draft standard was launched for the market.

Republic of Cyprus completed a rare combined syndication and switch offer on Tuesday with 40% of the new issue going to existing bond holders.

Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) on Tuesday opened books on only the second Middle East corporate sukuk of the year, as Islamic bond issuance starts to lag behind the 2014 run rate.

Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) has wrapped up its second offering in the dollar bond market this year, finding strong interest from onshore and offshore investors thanks to a rating upgrade from Moody’s.

The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is out in the dollar bond market for the second time this year, marketing a new deal on Tuesday. The country has opted for the same format, tenor as the previous deal via the same banks.

Republic of Cyprus is on track to price a rare combined syndication and switch offer. The deal will allow Cyprus to tidy up the short end of its curve while issuing a fresh 10 year note.

Socially responsible investors received a fresh menu of bonds on Monday, with a borrower announcing an inaugural climate bond, a regular SRI issuer entering a new currency and an agency returning to its sustainability format.

Kuwait petrochemicals firm Equate is in the market for a $6bn one year loan after signing a $3.2bn deal to buy ME Global last week.

Turkish automaker Tofas has completed syndication of a €200m seven year loan that will finance research and development projects for two cars.

The newly reopened Middle East bond market has tougher tests of demand ahead, with a trio of mandates hitting screens on Monday morning and two others rumoured.

There were no new issues in the European FIG market on Monday, but bankers are optimistic that bank capital could return this week.