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While many asset backed deals have suffered from the unprecedented issuance in the run-up to year end, Somerfield Stores' Starling (Supermarkets) Plc turned out to be one of the worst hit.

Kommunalbanken launched KBNet, an online pricing and automated mandate system for its MTN dealers, this week, following the lead of Norwegian rival Eksportfinans, which launched its own platform in June.

We at Leak have always prided ourselves on being able to sniff out a good story, but after a particularly lean press party, we have concluded that the men from Dresdner must be stuffing their pockets with red herrings.

Spare a thought this Christmas and New Year for your friends at Citigroup, the bank which has become blander than a Christmas pudding without the plums and a large splash of brandy.

EuroCP issuance was steady this week as the market weathered rate meetings from the European Central Bank and the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee.

Stadshypotek successfully launched its debut euro denominated covered bond this week, a Eu2bn seven year issue that is the largest yet from Sweden, despite a soft secondary market.

Citigroup remains in top spot on table one, which excludes self-led and financial repackaged transactions, and though Barclays Capital has closed the gap there were few changes to the league tables this week as the year end approached.

The owners of Greek telecommunications company TIM Hellas are set to issue a new high yield bond, having scrapped plans to sell the company after failing to secure the hoped for price.

The effect of the ECB interest rate rise yesterday (Thursday) on the euro swap markets was not as dramatic as might have been expected, reported swap dealers.

Dresdner Kleinwort conducted a wide ranging job cull on Monday in which at least 5% of its London staff — including possibly as much as 25% of the front office — were dismissed, in a move described by a source familiar with the situation as being related to performance.