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Green corporate bond investors had plenty to sink their teeth into on Thursday, with electric utlities E.On bringing three tranches and Red Electrica making its debut in the format.

The euro market welcomed as many as nine new unsecured bonds from financial institutions on Tuesday, as the sector made a roaring start to the year. Attention is now turning to secondary market performance, as bankers look to see how the market absorbs the boom in supply.

Xerox has secured $24bn in financing for its unsolicited debt backed bid for rival technology company HP, as the acquisitive firm looks to quell HP shareholder worries about how it will fund the jumbo deal.

The UK’s National Grid Electricity Transmission is set to make its debut green bond issue in euros, when it returns to the currency for the first time for more than a decade.

Senior debt capital markets banker Pramod Shenoi joined independent research firm CreditSights at the end of last year.

Indonesian company Astra Sedaya Finance has closed a loan of around $200m that mainly targeted liquidity among Japanese banks.

Investec has entered the loan market for the third time this year, taking a $450m two year term loan from a range of international lenders.

Langham Hospitality Investments has closed a HK$7.5bn ($958m) sustainability-linked deal with 11 lenders, marking the first loan of its kind from the hospitality sector in Asia.

Philippine brandy making company Emperador has closed a €405m borrowing with 13 lenders in the syndicate.

A handful of rare visitors came to the marker this week to place debt in dollars and yen, and bankers scrambled for a QNB mandate.

China deepened its dollar debt curve on Tuesday with a $6bn jumbo bond. With its biggest dollar deal yet, the sovereign has set a new benchmark for issuers from the country.

Volkswagen Financial Services returned to the sterling bond market on Tuesday, after hitting the market twice over the summer.