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Freddie Mac sold $1bn of preferred stock this week, its first such deal for four years and one that marks its return to active capital management after its well publicised accounting difficulties in 2003. The lead managers were UBS and Bear Stearns.

Freddie Mac sold $1bn of preferred stock this week, its first such deal for four years and one that marks its return to active capital management after its well publicised accounting difficulties in 2003. The lead managers were UBS and Bear Stearns.

Caisse d'Amortissement de la Dette Sociale (Cades) launched its long awaited 15 year bond this week as investor confidence returned to the long end of the euro curve.

The European corporate bond market enjoyed an active week, with deals coming from several issuers in both euros and sterling. However, issues that priced towards the end of the week struggled as the sector absorbed news of heightened tension in the Middle East.

In EuroWeek's recent Celebration of Excellence, we reported in our profile of TD Securities as Challenger for Non-core currency bonds that General Electric Capital Corp's Ps1bn bond, led by TD in July 2005, was the first Mexican peso Eurobond by a corporate borrower.

Freddie Mac sold $1bn of preferred stock this week, its first such deal for four years and one that marks its return to active capital management after its well publicised accounting difficulties in 2003. The lead managers were UBS and Bear Stearns.

Freddie Mac sold $1bn of preferred stock this week, its first such deal for four years and one that marks its return to active capital management after its well publicised accounting difficulties in 2003. The lead managers were UBS and Bear Stearns.

In EuroWeek's recent Celebration of Excellence, we reported in our profile of TD Securities as Challenger for Non-core currency bonds that General Electric Capital Corp's Ps1bn bond, led by TD in July 2005, was the first Mexican peso Eurobond by a corporate borrower.