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Rating: Aa2/AA/AAA Amount: Ck300m

Rating: Aa1/AA+/AAA Amount: Eu2bn Landesschatzanweisungseries 415

Guarantor: Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz Girozentrale Rating: Aa1/AA+/AAA

Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA Amount: C$50m (fungible with C$100m issue launched 17/09/02)

The Christmas invitations continue to roll in. Britannia Building Society is hosting its bash at the City Golf Bar in London's Blackfriars and Kommunalbanken has sent out the invites for its annual shindig at the Norwegian ambassador's residence in London's Bayswater. But to the disappointment of the many MTN dealers who seem to have a penchant for dressing up, Britannia has decided against a fancy dress theme for its Xmas fest. Last year HSBC's Annemarie Ganatra and Evie Christodoulidou turned up in nuns' outfits. And as if that were not strange enough, HSBC's MTN head, Fergus 'King of the Hong Kong markets' Kiely, decided to do the same thing. Ooh Vicar.

Rating: Aa2/A+ Amount: $150m tier one capital (fungible with $850m issue launched 08/10/02)

The struggle for control of Cegetel Groupe SA looks increasingly likely to be fought out in the loan market as Vivendi Universal (VU) gears up for a loan financing to acquire British Telecom's and SBC's stakes in the company. Meanwhile, Vodafone's offer for VU's 44% stake in Cegetel was renewed on Wednesday with the same terms as announced on October 16.

Rating: A Amount: £75m (fungible with £100m issue launched 12/02/01)

UK hedge fund manager Man Group re-opened the European convertible market yesterday (Thursday) with a highly successful £350m seven year offering. The placing is the first since July 29, when Olivetti and France Télécom tapped the market on the same day. The equity-linked market has been hit by falling stock markets, with corporates waiting for their share prices to rise before launching offerings.

Compiled by: Richard Favis RBC Capital Markets

UK hedge fund manager Man Group re-opened the European convertible market yesterday (Thursday) with a highly successful £350m seven year offering. The placing is the first since July 29, when Olivetti and France Télécom tapped the market on the same day. The equity-linked market has been hit by falling stock markets, with corporates waiting for their share prices to rise before launching offerings.

Compiled by Holger Kron Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt