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Guarantor: LVI Holding NV, Carfin SA, Carmeuse SA, Carmeuse Coordination Centre Rating: Ba3/BB-

The £150m loan for Carphone Warehouse has been closed oversubscribed with some £180m raised from the market. Arrangers Deutsche Bank and HSBC are waiting for one reply before closing the books next week.

In what has become an increasingly difficult week for Abbey National, its chief executive Ian Harley resigned this morning (Friday), the latest and most high profile departure from the UK's biggest mortgage provider. At the same time, there was renewed speculation that National Australia Bank was considering a takeover bid.

In what has become an increasingly difficult week for Abbey National, its chief executive Ian Harley resigned this morning (Friday), the latest and most high profile departure from the UK's biggest mortgage provider. At the same time, there was renewed speculation that National Australia Bank was considering a takeover bid.

Development Bank of Singapore has won the sole mandate for a Rmb1.2bn 10 year term loan for a joint venture between Shanghai Chemicals Industrial Park Development and Vopak, a specialist in logistics and chemical storage facilities based in the Netherlands. This deal comes soon after the Development Bank of Singapore completed the $180m facility for Shanghai Hua Qing Real Estate Development and it is currently arranging a $50m fundraising for Want Want Holdings's investment in China.

Amount: Eu373m Rating: Fitch and Standard & Poor's

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi has completed a ¥50bn 364 day fundraising for consumer credit firm JACCS Co. The arranger held ¥15bn. Co-arranger Mizuho Corporate Bank pledged ¥10bn.

Mandated arranger ING has signed banks into the $25m six month facility for Kazakhstan Development Bank. The deal was oversubscribed and increased to $28m. Kuwait Investment Company, Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein and Standard Bank joined as co-arrangers for a ticket of $5m. Bankgesellschaft Berlin and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein joined for titles of lead manager for takes of $3m and WestLB and Europäische-Iranische Handelsbanken joined as participants for a take of $1m. The deal pays a margin of 270bp over Libor.

BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank and UBS Warburg signed banks into the facility supporting Kingfisher's acquisition of Castorama yesterday (Thursday). The borrower has insisted that the list of banks joining the deal remains private.

Arrangers ABN Amro, Crédit Lyonnais, Development Bank of Singapore, ING, Natexis Banques Popularies, Standard Chartered, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp and LB Kiel have finalised details for the $250m two year term loan for Chohung Bank and have launched the facility into general syndication. Banks will earn a margin of 20bp over Hibor. Fees are set at three tiers: co-arrangers pledging $10m will receive 40bp, lead managers committing $5m-$9m gain 38bp and senior managers contributing $2m-$4m receive 36bp.

Guarantor: Federal Republic of Germany Rating: Aaa/AAA