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CEVA Logistics, the Swiss logistics and freight company, will provide Europe’s choppy IPO market with its first big test of investor sentiment since before the Easter holidays, having filed an intention to float document on Monday.

Qualitas Medical is likely to price its S$100m ($77m) IPO in Singapore at the low end of guidance after bookbuilding was extended by two days.

South Korea’s GS Caltex Corp sealed a Swiss franc denominated bond on Thursday, diversifying away from its usual Korean won and US dollar funding.

Peking University Founder Group Co, BOC Aviation and Yuexiu Property Co are meeting investors for their upcoming bond plans, while China National Chemical Corp’s Swiss subsidiary Syngenta is also gearing up for a mega deal.

Private equity-owned ION Investment Group has been named as the high bidder of the two that have made last minute bids to beat Temenos in the race for UK trading technology company Fidessa.

Nationwide Building Society issued its first sterling covered bond for two years on Thursday and showed that demand for the product was still strong as it picked up £1bn of five year funding.

Two Middle East issuers are roadshowing deals, adding to the flurry of post-Easter CEEMEA new issue announcements.

ABN Amro is preparing to sell its third green senior unsecured bond, joining Credit Suisse in the pipeline for socially responsible deals.

A pair of gatecrashers have burst into Temenos’ £1.4bn bid for UK trading technology firm Fidessa, with one party offering a 5% premium to the existing deal from the Swiss banking software company.

Three new Russian equity capital markets deals were launched this week, with bankers confident that European equity investors are comfortable enough to buy Russian risk despite diplomatic tensions between the country and the West growing more hostile.

Varroc Engineering and Atria Convergence Technologies have submitted their respective draft prospectuses to list in India within the next few months.

SK Lubricants has begun gauging investor appetite for its W1.6tr ($1.5bn) IPO in South Korea through a syndicate of seven banks.