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Dealers of private EMTNs: Non-syndicated deals for less than $250m excluding financial repackaged SPVs, self-led deals and issues with a term of less than 365 days.

Rabobank reopened the Canadian dollar Eurobond market this week with the first transaction since October 2007, a C$100m ($79.5m) 2.5% four year deal it joint lead managed with TD Securities.

The recent inclusion of Australian dollars in the UK bank government guarantee scheme let Royal Bank of Scotland net A$750m ($479m) of private placements this week.

Société Générale posted a full year profit of Eu2bn in line with expectations this week, and confirmed it had also managed to pull off a fourth quarter profit of Eu87m.

German lender Aareal Bank, a financial institution that managed to remain profitable in the financial crisis, is seeking help from SoFFin, the government stabilisation fund.

The Swiss government has approved an amendment to the regulations governing the country’s two Pfandbrief institutions that broadens the definition of eligible capital, thereby allowing them to issue more Pfandbriefe and boost liquidity in the interbank market.

UBS has admitted to helping US taxpayers hide accounts from the internal revenue service and has entered a deferred prosecution agreement.

Cullinan Finance and Asscher Finance, two HSBC SIVs that were restructured by the sponsor last year, have repaid their last outstanding senior debt and exchanged their junior and mezzanine debt for unrated securities.

Corporate borrowers have been slow to take advantage of the Bank of England Asset Purchase Facility to issue commercial paper.

Standard & Poor’s put 104 ratings in 31 European CLOs on CreditWatch negative after a preliminary review on the impact of recent developments on CLOs.

The Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) has submitted a proposal for a covered bond legislative framework to the Canadian government.