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Greek lender Eurobank will sell four year senior debt on Thursday afternoon, the last of Greece’s big four banks to return to the debt markets after the country’s 2010 bailout. While Eurobank has not enjoyed the same scale of demand as other Greek lenders on their returns, the issuer was still able to close books with a comfortable oversubscription.

Noble Group this week priced the latest in a series of corporate hybrids from Asian issuers, bringing a $350m perpetual non call five. The global supply chain company was refinancing its existing perp after the triggering of an early redemption event in April last year. But although the bold move sparked controversy and enraged some investors, the issuer was able to tap into a new group of buyers and get cheaper funding, writes Isabella Zhong.

Alibaba revealed the identities of its much-hyped 27-person partnership on Monday, as the pieces finally start to come together for what is one of the most keenly anticipated IPOs of the year.

The reputation of Liberty Global and Discovery Communications played a decisive part in mitigating lenders' concerns about All3Media's credit quality to secure the television production company a £400m-equivalent loan deal, loans bankers said.

The established order is profiting from a sharp rebound in French M&A volumes. Those playing catch-up may not be so lucky, writes David Rothnie.

The reputation of Liberty Global and Discovery Communications played a decisive part in mitigating lenders' concerns about All3Media's credit quality to secure the television production company a £400m-equivalent loan deal, loans bankers said.

Far East Horizon (FEH) printed Asia’s second dollar corporate hybrid in less than a week on Tuesday. With investors thirsty for yield in the current low rate environment, the small sized print had attracted a mind boggling order book that allowed the issuer to aggressively tighten final pricing to well under expectations.

E-commerce giant Alibaba revealed the identities of its much-hyped 27-person partnership on June 16 as the pieces are finally starting to come together for one of the most hotly anticipated IPOs of the year.

Red Eléctrica de España, which runs Spain’s electricity transmission grid, launched a €300m bond on Monday that found strong demand despite its sub-benchmark size and was priced at or through the issuer’s secondary curve.

Suez Environnement found very strong demand for a €500m hybrid capital issue today, as it became the first of the crop of companies that issued hybrids in 2010 to begin refinancing them.

Kenya has released initial price thoughts of low 6% yield area for a five year benchmark bond and low 7% for a 10 year. But terrorism this year in the country, the most recent bout in hotels in coastal Mpeketoni on Sunday night, is likely to impact tourism which accounted for around 12% of the country’s GDP in 2013, and investors are already cautious around the country's large current account deficit.

Asian issuers have been rolling out hybrid securities during recent months as the low interest rate environment and strong investor appetite for the region create a conducive setting for corporate capital transactions.