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Rating: Caa1
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After a few weeks of subdued issuance, the European financial institution bond market is readying itself for a glut of deals.
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How many people do you meet who claim to have become very rich by owning ABN Amro shares?
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Investment bankers cheered the success of Swiss Re's $2bn hybrid capital issue yesterday, hailing its $750m dollar tranche as a reopening of the US institutional market for hybrid securities after the confusion sown by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
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Morgan Stanley climbed two places this week to take 15th position on league table one. Two of Morgan's deals included a $5m five year range factor note for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and a $45m seven year note for HBOS Treasury Services.
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Swiss Re announced the mandate for its $2bn equivalent tier one capital financing this week, as well as its $1bn rights issue. The financing is to fund its acquisition of GE Insurance Solutions.
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UK retail giant Tesco this week announced that it would be using its property portfolio to raise £5bn over the next five years through sale and leaseback operations. Some £1.5bn of the proceeds will go to a share buyback while the rest will help fund planned expansion in the US.
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Two of the Middle East's leading oil companies, Abu Dhabi National Oil Co and Qatar Petroleum, approached banks in the syndicated loan market this week for the first time in their own names, seeking a combined total of up to $6.7bn.