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On Tuesday, Gecina, the French property company, latched onto the latest trend for issuance in the multi-tranche European corporate bond. The triple tranche €1.5bn deal will be used to refinance part of the bridge facility used by Gecina to acquire Eurosic.

EuroChem had taken books of $1.2bn by lunchtime on Tuesday after opening books on a four year trade a week after finishing its roadshow. Falling oil prices and a Russia sovereign trade last week meant the issuer decided to wait for a firmer market before launching its deal.

China’s Baidu is readying a dual-tranche dollar bond offering, mandating banks for the deal, while Melco Resorts Finance opened a tap of its May notes on Tuesday.

Best, the Chinese logistics company backed by Alibaba Group Holdings, has announced its intention to float on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq.

Germany’s Jost Group, which makes safety systems for trucks and trailers, wants to list in Frankfurt to raise €130m of new capital and a yet-to-be-determined amount for the selling shareholders.

Daimler was the only company to issue a new bond in the European market on Monday, but it brought a huge, €4bn deal. And it maintained the recent trend for pushing out to longer maturities.

Haitong Securities, the Chinese brokerage and investment banking group, has applied for permission from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) to spin off and list Haitong UniTrust International Leasing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Kyobo Life Insurance Co and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co have mandated banks for new dollar outings.

Zhongyuan Bank has begun fielding interest for its Hong Kong IPO, which is set to raise around $1bn, according to a banker close to the deal.

Argentina’s second most populated province is preparing its second international bond issue of the year and will begin meeting investors on Monday.

Road King Infrastructure, the Hong Kong-listed developer of highways and property, has announced the terms for the IPO of RKE International, its Chinese toll road assets division, which could value the business at up to HK$8.5bn ($1.1bn).

Qinghai Provincial Investment Group Co, Guangdong Hengjian Investment Holding Co and China Logistics Property Holdings Co are expected to meet Reg S investors early next week.