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Korea Development Bank raised $1bn from a dual-tranche offering on Tuesday, achieving one of the narrowest spreads for the country’s issuers since 2008. And by using a pretty aggressive strategy, KDB priced its 10 year at a tighter spread than its three year notes.

A special purpose vehicle backed by the state-owned sponsor of Mexico City’s new airport will begin a roadshow on Friday ahead of a planned green bond.

The European Investment Bank will on Wednesday tackle a part of the euro curve where Finland drew a strong book last week, as the European Financial Stability Facility made light work of its funding needs for the third quarter.

A trio of public sector borrowers are set to spray the short end of the dollar curve with deals on Wednesday, including one making its first visit in over two years, as markets priced in an ever decreasing chance of a rate rise at the next US Federal Open Market Committee meeting later this month.

Renault Credit International Banque, the finance subsidiary of Renault, on Tuesday printed a €750m deal in a euro market buzzing with more than €5bn of new bonds.

Bayer and Monsanto have moved a step closer to agreeing a multi-billion dollar merger as Bayer confirmed that the two are in advanced discussions. A takeover would include the largest loan of the year of about $65bn.

Glencore, the Anglo-Swiss commodity trading and mining company, returned to the euro corporate bond market on Tuesday for its first issue since its secondary spreads widened dramatically almost a year ago.

Korea Development Bank was courting investors on Tuesday for its fixed rate dual tranche dollar offering, replicating the SEC-registered format used for its January outing.

GF Securities has finally settled on raising HK$8bn ($1bn) from its latest syndicated loan, doubling the size of the fundraising due to robust demand.

A dire year for hybrid issuance received some cheer on Monday as German utilities company ENBW mandated three banks for a transaction in the asset class, the European market’s third such deal this year.

The European Financial Stability Facility is planning to wrap up its third quarter funding needs via a single visit to the market with a deal that will pour some liquidity into the long end of its outstanding bonds.

China Huarong Asset Management is preparing to return to the debt market, mandating firms for a perpetual Reg S offering.