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Flows in the EuroCP market have been buoyant over the week, with cash returning.

Flows in the EuroCP market have been buoyant over the week, with cash returning.

Thank you for the calls from Bank of America — yes, we really do have some friends there — who enjoyed our comments about rubbing shoulders with the once all-powerful Citigroup.

The uncertainty surrounding the ownership of Deutsche Hypothekenbank Hannover was removed yesterday (Thursday) when ING sold its 83.7% stake in the mortgage bank to a German consortium.

JP Morgan Chase used itself as a showcase this week for its ground-breaking hybrid bond structure, by issuing a $750m security, increased from $500m.

Leak had the pleasure of lunching with Dresdner Kleinwort's origination whizzkid Ben Lamberg this week, at London's Royal Exchange.

Trade and financial buyers will next Tuesday submit first round bids for Thames Water, the water and sewage company being sold by German utility RWE.

UTI Bank opened the international market for Indian subordinated debt last Friday with an outstandingly successful $150m upper tier two capital issue, led by Barclays Capital, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank.

Dollar swap spreads narrowed this week in the wake of the decision by the US Federal Reserve to hold interest rates unchanged.

e don't receive many letters from Tokyo. You can guarantee a steady flow of messages from Hong Kong, where some of our regular correspondents have a wicked sense of humour and you can expect an instant response from Singapore if you even suggest that Singapore is not the greatest financial centre in the whole universe.

Investors in the US market gobbled up more than $17bn of high grade corporate bond issues this week, despite their fears about the terrorist plot against flights from the UK, the war in the Middle East, and oil prices threatening to go as high as $80 a barrel.