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Corporate benchmark bond issuance in the European market for 2006 ended with a bang this week as Wal-Mart and Telefónica both brought large well absorbed issues. The reception on the deals reflected the good tone set in the corporate market for most of the year and continued to highlight investors' appetite for credit.

What happens to Wall Street chief executives when they get older? Do they age gracefully, retire to magnificent country homes and have photographs taken of themselves smiling proudly at their grandchildren?

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's dollar and sterling tier one offering, priced this week, successfully concluded what has been a stellar year for Japanese financial institutions in the capital markets, particularly in the bank capital arena.

It's all over for 2006, with Citigroup heading table one and Deutsche winning the race for first place in table two. This week, Citigroup led 20 deals worth $529.7m, including a Eu50m five year deal for Westdeutsche ImmobilienBank that pays a fixed coupon of 4% and a Eu72.6m seven year deal for MBIA Global Funding.

US dollar swap spreads were set to close the week narrower once again after describing a relatively wide trading range over the previous three sessions.

US dollar swap spreads were set to close the week narrower once again after describing a relatively wide trading range over the previous three sessions.

What is the latest gossip from Dresdner Kleinwort, the investment bank which could have achieved so much and yet delivered only disappointments?

The European Investment Bank and German development bank KfW launched Brazilian real bonds this week.

There were four big single name market movers this week — Rentokil, EMI, Qantas and ProSieben.

F&C Asset Management had the tricky task this week of selling its inaugural transaction to its peers — UK investment managers.

Year end demand drove a massive volume of bond issuance this week. The US market was particularly active, putting out some $20bn of debt as investors seek to fill their books before the markets close for the holidays.

Year end demand drove a massive volume of bond issuance this week. The US market was particularly active, putting out some $20bn of debt as investors seek to fill their books before the markets close for the holidays.