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Rating: Aaa/AAA Amount: $1.1bn

The mandate to arrange the $1.55bn facility for Aluminium Bahrain BSC (Alba) has been awarded and the lucky recipients were in Bahrain ironing this week out details of the various structures before the deal's launch. For more details see EuroWeek 780.

Guarantor: Caja de Ahorros de Valencia Castellón y Alicante (Bancaja) Rating: A1/A+ (Moody's/Fitch)

Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA Amount: $1.5bn

Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA Amount: Sfr200m (fungible with two issues totalling Sfr500m launched 27/11/02 and 17/12/02)

Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA Amount: A$100m

Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA Amount: £100m (fungible with three issues totalling £250m first launched 20/09/02)

Guarantor: Bank of Scotland Rating: Aa2/AA/AA

Rating: Aa3/A Amount: $1bn (increased from $750m)

Barclays has moved from fourth position in 2001 to number one in the league table for mandated arrangers of Euromarket loans in 2002, pushing JP Morgan into second place. Citigroup/SSSB came in in third as it did in 2001, as did ABN Amro in ninth, SG in 10th and WestLB at number 11. One of the most impressive performers was BNP Paribas which shot up from number eight in 2001 to number five in 2002. The bank made impressive moves out of its home market into Germany where it won a role as one of the mandated arrangers for Volkswagen's Eu15bn loan and in the UK, where it has recently clinched a leading role in the $6.5bn acquisition financing for Cadbury's.

Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA Amount: Sfr500m

Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA Amount: A$100m