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ust as we were discussing Nomura's apparent obsession with court cases, another grumpy Nomura employee is hauling the Japanese firm over the legal coals.

The European high yield bond market moved smoothly into a higher gear this week as NXP Semiconductors raised Eu4.5bn in dollars and euros, in the biggest ever bond issue by a European speculative grade issuer.

The European high yield bond market moved smoothly into a higher gear this week as NXP Semiconductors raised Eu4.5bn in dollars and euros, in the biggest ever bond issue by a European speculative grade issuer.

Public sector bond issuance in Europe was slow this week — there was just a $500m August 2008 opportunistic trade from Rentenbank and a handful of taps launched.

The picture looked rosy for anyone involved in the European subordinated debt market this week. Indeed, the spread performance everyone had been waiting for finally happened.

ho said that BNP Paribas in London was a hotbed of intellectual mediocrity and a career cul-de-sac? May those who spread such spiteful rumours be struck down by the plague and may their favourite Béchamel sauce forever curdle.

Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya, the world's third largest producer of oil and gas pipes, is confident that it can attract investors for its $1bn IPO in November, despite a continual flow of press stories suggesting that Western investors are losing their appetite for Russian flotations.

Investors were busy preparing for quarter end this week as the EuroCP market looked for direction from next week's European Central Bank meeting.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria continued the run of successful cédulas hipotecarias issues this week with a Eu1.5bn seven year transaction that was executed with no new issue premium.