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Rating: AAA (S&P) Amount: Eu100m Öffentlicher Pfandbrief series 46 (fungible with Eu250m issue launched 03/04/03)

Why did fixed income virtuoso John Walsh decide to hang up his baton at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York? John was no shrinking violet when it came to making a point or drawing attention to the intellectual shortcomings of others, but together with his close friends, Jack DiMaio and Benny Goodman, he ran an investment grade and high yield debt business which, as even competitors had to admit, was one of the best in North America. For beleaguered CSFB, which has been under the cosh for more than two years, the DiMaio-Walsh revenues flowing at around $1bn a year, was not simply a blood transfusion, but a lifeline.

Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA Amount: A$55m

UK mining group Xstrata revealed plans on Monday for a £900m rights issue to finance its $2.959bn acquisition of Australian company MIM Holding. The acquisition had been widely expected following leaks at the end of last year. Xstrata's share price, which has performed poorly over the last six months, rallied 11% on the news and a further 5% on Tuesday.

Barclays, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan have been mandated to arrange a $2.27bn loan for Xstrata. The new loan will amend and replace a $1.4bn loan that was put in place when Xstrata listed in March 2002. In addition to the existing $1.4bn the new deal will feature a $600m 364 day term loan and a $270m three year term loan.

Amount: £210m Rating: Fitch/Standard&Poor's

William Donaldson, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said yesterday (Thursday) that the US regula-tory agency was taking steps to assess the degree of regulation needed by hedge funds. Testifying before the US Senate's committee on banking, housing and urban affairs, he said: "The time has come for us - the SEC and the President's Working Group - again to review these risk management, transparency and public disclosure issues of hedge funds."

Amount: Eu150m Öffentlicher Pfandbrief series 58 (fungible with three issues totalling Eu1.325bn first launched 06/01/99) Maturity: July 4, 2007

Amount: Eu550m Legal maturity: April 24, 2015