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China Evergrande Group dashed into the market last Friday, securing a $1.5bn deal across two tranches before investors shut down for the weekend.

Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) is selling a combination of floating and fixed rate bonds, with price thoughts for a five and a 10 year released at the same level. On the high yield side, China’s Shandong Yuhuang Chemical Co is marketing its debut three year notes.

The IPO of Neinor Iberica, the Spanish property developer owned by Lone Star Funds, is oversubscribed at its fixed price of €16.46 on the first day of its bookbuild.

Gates Global, the power transmission belts maker, held a lender call on Friday afternoon London time for a $300m-equivalent euro term loan ‘B’ add-on, having tapped its 2022 bonds on Thursday.

Credit Suisse is cutting six equities jobs from its Hong Kong and Tokyo offices, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Fosun International benefitted from a stable post-Fed market in Asia on Thursday, enjoying investors’ full attention to price a larger-than-expected $800m deal. The bond is now the largest print from a Chinese high yield industrial company since May 2013, according to Dealogic.

China Evergrande Group opened a dual-tranche transaction on Friday, becoming the second dollar issuer from Asia ex-Japan to come to the market after the US interest rate rise this week.

Two more IPOs of significant size were announced this week in Western Europe, and with four weeks to go until the start of the Easter holidays, they are likely to be the last of this IPO season to be launched.

Argentina is returning to the Swiss franc bond market after nearly 20 years, roadshowing a benchmark bond next week. Success or failure will indicate whether Swiss investors have forgiven Argentina for burning their fingers last time they met, writes Silas Brown.

Netherlands-based telecoms firm Altice, one of the European leveraged finance market’s leading issuers, held a lender call at 3pm London time on Thursday for €1.6bn of loan refinancings in euros, and more in dollars.

French recycling firm Paprec and US Reit Medical Properties followed the path trodden by other eight issuers this week, entering the high yield market on Tuesday and pricing their deals after short roadshows.

Cerba has increased its buyout term loan to €794m after dropping a planned bond. It is the second successive large cap buyout this year in which that has happened.