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Argentina Arranger SBC Warburg Dillon Read has been joined by BancAmerica Robertson Stephens as co-arranger before general syndication of its $250m three year loan style FRN for Banco de Galicia. Banco de Galicia -- $250m

* Crédit Local de France Rating: Aa1/AA+

MERRILL Lynch is poised to launch an international offering of Egyptian equity, testing demand for a sector that fell more than most emerging markets when stockmarkets collapsed last winter. The deal is for Ameriyah Cement, which has fallen a further 12% in the past three months and was trading this week at E£71. But bankers insist that demand for Egypt is picking up. Research on the company will be published next week and pre-marketing is due to kick off towards the end of March. Merrill, which won the mandate to run the books on the privatisation last year, will sell the stock to the international markets in the form of London or Luxembourg listed GDRs.

THE United Mexican States virtually wrapped up its 1998 financing needs this week with the successful issue of Lit750bn worth of 15 year notes led by Deutsche Morgan Grenfell. The long-awaited offering -- mandated last October -- was launched at a fixed reoffer price of 99.85 to give a spread of 240bp over 15 year lira Libor, and traded up to 100.10 bid.

Bahrain The co-arranger syndication of the $200m five year term loan for Arab Banking Corporation arranged by Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Chase, JP Morgan, NatWest and Paribas is heading for a heavy oversubscription. Syndication was launched to co-arrangers on March 3, with eight banks already committed realising a $195m commitment. More banks should come in before the end of this week.

MORGAN Stanley Dean Witter this week launched three hugely successful convertible bond transactions totalling $960m, doubling this year's level of primary issuance from Europe and providing the markets with some desperately needed paper from a variety of corporates.

GLOBAL co-ordinators Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and Creditanstalt this week successfully executed the third international sale of stock in Mol, the Hungarian oil and gas concern. The company has long been a favourite among international and local investors and, despite the large correction in its share price following last year's re-rating of emerging stockmarkets, it remains popular with specialist and some generalist funds.

MORGAN Stanley Dean Witter this week launched three hugely successful convertible bond transactions totalling $960m, doubling this year's level of primary issuance from Europe and providing the markets with some desperately needed paper from a variety of corporates. Dedicated European convertible funds hailed this week's launch of bonds for Württembergische AG Versicherungs-Beteiligungsgesellschaft (WVB), VNU and ASM Lithography as exactly the type of paper that the market requires.

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* Lead manager ABN Amro Rothschild has accelerated the subscription period for its Dfl 200m convertible for Stork. The seven year bond carries an indicated coupon of 4.375% to 4.625% with a conversion premium of between 25% and 30%. Investors have three years of hard call protection. Kempen & Co and Rabo Securities are co-lead managers. Credit Suisse First Boston and MeesPierson are co-managers.

* Commerzbank AG Rating: Aa2/AA-

United States Sumitomo has won the coveted mandate to arrange $145m of non-recourse financing to finance the construction of a new ballpark for the Detroit Tigers baseball team. The loan, which has been underwritten by Sumitomo, will have a 15 year tenor, including construction and term.