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Back at the ranch after an invigorating weekend with ABN Amro's golfers, we are preparing the Mother of All Evenings in London for our good buddies Traugott and Lothar at Deutsche Bank who have relocated here from Germany. Knowing their deep regrets at leaving the super-fun financial metropolis that is Frankfurt, we have a night and a half planned as a welcome. We envisage a couple of light ale aperitifs early in the evening followed by a full blown sauerkraut and sausage stew - with extra cabbage à volonté. This will be followed by a late night out in Canary Wharf with pints of chilled Carling and karaoke in the City Pride.

Leak hopes that all hangovers from the MTN and CP dinner have by now subsided. The morning after the night before was tricky to navigate - especially considering Leak had not gone to bed until 4am after nightcaps and after-party action with rugby heroes Jason Leonard and Victor Ubogu. A shame that the lovely Annabel Croft was not able to stay to be impressed by the MTN market's finest. One of the many highlights of the evening was the awards ceremony, with the final gong going to Chris "Cinderella" Jones. Cinders won the Leak Award, picking up the extremely tasteful crystal glass slipper. He looked absolutely delighted bounding up to the stage and gave a very generous thank you kiss to Miss Croft. There was little doubt that Jones and the rest of the winners rose suitably to the occasion.

Some 22 banks will be signed into newly amalgamated steel company Arcelor's Eu2.003bn loan on Monday. The borrower is the world's largest steel company. For details see EuroWeek 789.

Volumes were up by more than $1.8bn this week as investors came to the market after a sharp fall in volumes the previous week. The number of trades executed surged to 478 from 351 over the previous seven days. Yen issuance accounted for a 19% market share. Just less than $1.8bn was traded in the currency from 142 notes.

An Italian banking era came to an end this week after Mediobanca chief executive Vincenzo Maranghi was forced to quit. The secretive banker resigned on Monday after a group of rival banks took a large stake in insurer Generali - Mediobanca's most important holding - in an attempt to put pressure on Maranghi.

The euro was the most heavily traded currency this week. Over $3.35bn was traded through 94 notes, a 35% share of the market. Private banks led the field. The most active was SG, which issued 10 notes for over $450m, a 25% market share. The borrower's largest note was a Eu220m trade that goes out to March 2010.

Compiled by Richard Favis RBC Capital Markets