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Bank Saint Petersburg is offering to repurchase a total of up to $50m of its $100m 10.5% 2017s and $101m 11% 2018s.

3i group has shown its belief in floating rate bonds, launching a fund that will target the asset class on both sides of the Atlantic.

And the corporate bond market thought it would be a quiet week. Many syndicate bankers have been focused solely on Sunday's Greek referendum, until the European Central Bank signalled its intention to barge into their world.

Ace, the Swiss-based insurance company, will fund part of its $28.3bn bid for rival Chubb with $5.3bn of new debt.

Interglobe Aviation, which operates Indian passenger airline IndiGo, has lifted off for its IPO of at least $400m, filing a preliminary prospectus with the market regulator.

Íslandsbanki has raised Skr150m via a reopening of its existing notes and is the second Icelandic bank to issue in a Scandinavian currency this week.

Belgian insurer Ethias announced the terms of an exchange offer for its perpetual tier two 4.747% notes this week. The insurer has been blighted by negative headlines which have hit the performance of its bond over the last six months.

Halkbank has agreed a $888m equivalent loan with banks, making use of the novel 364/367 day tenor structure introduced by peer Turkish banks this year.

HSBC sits in its traditional top stop in the sukuk league table halfway into to what should be a record year for international benchmark issuance. But its lead has shrunk to the smallest margin in five years, with regional banks snapping at its heels.

China has taken a welcome but quirky approach to its first publicly-traded real estate investment trust (Reit), as a decade-long effort to bring the structure to the mainland bears fruit.

Stronger markets in Hong Kong and China on June 30, after consecutive days of losses, paved the way for two accelerated blocks, as a cornerstone in Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties exited the firm, while Far East Horizon found an opportune window to raise new capital.

China Huiyuan Juice Group raised €200m ($223m) from its debut euro bond on June 29, a lone success as Asia's primary bond market stuttered amid the Greek debt crisis. Market volatility proved no hindrance for the deal’s unconventional execution as a heavily anchored book allowed the juice maker to wrap up bookbuilding within two hours.