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A furore this week surrounded the Romanian government's appointment of Credit Suisse First Boston to advise on the $800m IPO of state telecoms company Romtelecom — but reports that UBS has appealed against the decision are premature.

As the news emerged this week that Italian insurer Unipol's bid for Banca Nazionale del Lavoro had been rejected by the Bank of Italy, the planned financing for the acquisition was put on hold until further notice. Unipol mandated BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche Bank and Nomura last summer for a potential euro perpetual transaction to finance the bid.

The US dollar bond market had one of its busiest ever weeks as investors snapped up more than $24bn of true high grade corporate bonds this week.

The US dollar bond market had one of its busiest ever weeks as investors snapped up more than $24bn of true high grade corporate bonds this week.

The US dollar bond market had one of its busiest ever weeks as investors snapped up more than $24bn of true high grade corporate bonds this week.

Even in our intensive care unit in hospital, most telephone calls included questions on Andrew Pisker, who had his stumps and bails removed by some short sighted German umpires before Christmas.

Senior debt issues came thick and fast from European financial institutions this week.

BNP Paribas approached eight banks this week during senior syndication of a $750m loan for AzACG, a subsidiary of State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (Socar).

JP Morgan has sold its management rights to the structured investment vehicle (SIV), White Pine Corp, to Standard Chartered Bank for an undisclosed sum. Standard Chartered has taken over the management role, with a view to merging the vehicle into its existing SIV, Whistlejacket Capital.

Morgan Stanley is likely to have two new arrows in its ABS quiver during 2006. In December the bank acquired Advantage Home Loans, a UK non-conforming mortgage broker that originates approximately £1bn of mortgages a year. Later that same month, Morgan Stanley agreed to buy credit card firm Goldfish from Lloyds TSB for £1bn. It expects to complete the deal in February

The Republic of the Philippines stormed the international bond markets late on Wednesday with a highly successful two tranche financing in dollars and euros, raising about two thirds of its stated funding requirement for 2006 in the first few days of the year.

The Republic of the Philippines stormed the international bond markets late on Wednesday with a highly successful two tranche financing in dollars and euros, raising about two thirds of its stated funding requirement for 2006 in the first few days of the year.