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Emerging market investors were served with a dose of exotic paper this week as the Republic of the Seychelles priced its first Eurobond, a $200m five year transaction sole managed by Lehman Brothers.

Another clutch of single names bubbled to the top this week, although dealers said that most were in the limelight for only one trading session.

Kaupthing this week put to rest any concerns about Icelandic banks' ability to fund themselves in the capital markets by issuing a blowout $3bn offering.

ITV, the UK's largest commercial broadcaster, launched a Eu500m and £250m bond this week that was warmly received — but only after ITV had bowed to investor pressure to grant a coupon step-up if it is downgraded to junk.

Which investment bank is the most complex to understand? Which is the bank that, as Winston Churchill described Russia, is 'the riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma'?