Busy bond market well ahead of 2006 record 16 November 2009 6:12PM Philip Bayley The return of the major banks to the domestic corporate bond market over the last two weeks has seen issuance, for the month of November so far, exceed that for all of October. Issuance for the month stands at A$6.5 billion. It has also taken year-to-date corporate bond issuance to A$90 billion. This in now almost 50 per cent more than the A$62 billion issuance record set in 2006.