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Royal Bank of Scotland is to issue its first securitisation of its own residential mortgages. The bank will begin roadshows next week for a £4.7bn bond, backed by its prime UK loans.

Royal Bank of Scotland is to issue its first securitisation of its own residential mortgages. The bank will begin roadshows next week for a £4.7bn bond, backed by its prime UK loans.

ABN Amro Hoare Govett raised £109m for oil explorer and producer Imperial Energy Corp on Wednesday, increasing the company's capital by 27%.

Etisalat, a telecoms company from the United Arab Emirates, has mandated Barclays Capital to arrange a $3bn syndicated loan, EuroWeek has learnt.

Etisalat, a telecoms company from the United Arab Emirates, has mandated Barclays Capital to arrange a $3bn syndicated loan, EuroWeek has learnt.

A Eu13bn blaze of deals lit up the European corporate bond market this week, delighting investors and bonds bankers, who in the last few years have become more used to the market producing a weak flicker of activity.

A Eu13bn blaze of deals lit up the European corporate bond market this week, delighting investors and bonds bankers, who in the last few years have become more used to the market producing a weak flicker of activity.

Despite a slight widening after Wednesday's Federal Open Market Committee meeting, dollar swap spreads remained compressed this week by continuing demand for spread product and new issue hedging.

It was another good week in the CDS market for General Motors and GMAC. The former restated its first quarter earnings, and a $323m loss became a $445m profit. It was also upgraded by both Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch this week. Deutsche's action was viewed as especially significant as it has been "one of the biggest bears", according to a New York dealer.

Have you ever heard of the Colby School in Waterville, Maine? Very little escapes EuroWeek readers, but Colby School in Waterville had never previously come across our radar screens.

We have been admirers of UBS for several years, since John Costas restored some semblance of order to the investment bank and Marcus Ospel and Peter Wuffli in Zurich turned the private banking and wealth management divisions into a goldmine.