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  • Issuance from double-A names was up nearly $1.4bn on triple-A issuers this week, and the class represented the dominant borrowers in the market. German names issued the greatest volume with just over $1bn from 21 trades. Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz Girozentrale was among those active, issuing a Eu100m note through DZ Bank. The transaction matures in December 2008 and pays an annual coupon of 3.15%.
  • Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA Amount: Eu350m French inflation-linked bond (fungible with 10 issues totalling Eu3.28bn first launched 25/01/00)
  • British American Tobacco (BAT) - the world's second largest listed tobacco company - is in the market with a $1bn self-arranged loan. The deal is rolled over annually.
  • Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA Amount: Eu109m (fungible with eight issues totalling Eu1.598bn first launched 13/03/02)
  • Canadian corporates Brascan and Potash jumped into the Yankee bond market this week, eager not to miss an opportunity to raise funds at record low rates. Brascan, a Baa3/A- diversified conglomerate, issued $200m of seven year bonds to yield 5.825bp, or 255bp over Treasuries, as well as $250m of its first ever 30 year bonds at a yield of 7.547%, or 283bp over Treasuries.
  • Rating: Aa3/A+ Amount: $100m (fungible with $600m issue launched 10/01/03)
  • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) has increased the size of its EuroMTN programme from $6bn to $10bn and has dropped Merrill Lynch as arranger. "We are planning to do longer term issues," said CIBC's vice president of treasury financing David Dickenson. "For that we will need more capacity and this seems like the obvious step to take."
  • The $60m five year credit for PFG (Kunshan) Co, arranged by Citigroup/SSB, will be closed today (Friday).
  • Amount: Eu1.1bn Rating: Aa3/A1+
  • Amount: Sfr250m Maturity: March 25, 2015
  • One of the worst weeks in the corporate market since the autumn of last year began with Thyssenkrupp's downgrade to junk on Friday and the admission by Ahold of a $500m accounting irregularity on Monday. A string of high profile corporates remain under pressure, most notably Bayer, Suez and Olivetti.
  • Switzerland's largest chemicals group Clariant has admitted it may need to raise up to Sfr600m in equity to strengthen its balance sheet. The company made an Sfr890m writedown, mainly from its unsuccessful acquisition of UK chemicals group BTP in 2000, and posted a net loss of Sfr648m last fiscal year.