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Who harpooned Geoff Boisi right between the shoulder blades? One minute, there was the feisty Mr Boisi looking cool as a cucumber as head of investment banking at JP Morgan Chase, and with ambitions to move to the very top of the bank's greasy pole. But before you could say, "was it £1bn or £2bn that Chase overpaid for Flemings?", the unfortunate Mr Boisi had been speared like a Mississippi catfish. In these columns, just a fortnight ago, we had said that there was mischief afoot at JP Morgan Chase. The Chase blue-collars were becoming understandably irritated from being used as bayonet practice by the JP Morgan aristos. T-shirts emblazoned with "We thought it was us who took over those JP Morgan mothers" became a best seller among Chase employees.

Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan's $50m one year facility was signed in Almaty on May 23. It was oversubscribed and has been increased to $52m. Mandated arranger RZB has been joined by Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein as an arranger for the credit.

Danske Bank has signed institutions into the £75m revolver for Kent Reliance Building Society. The debut loan was initially launched at £30m and after an overwhelming response from the market, was increased by more than 50% .

Guarantor: Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau Rating: Aaa/AAA

Rating: Aa1/AA+ Amount: Eu5bn

The Kingdom of Belgium launched its debut 15 year OLO this week, building on the success of Italy and Spain's deepening of the long end of the euro curve earlier this year to launch the largest 15 year syndicated government bond yet. The Eu5bn September 2017 issue, via ABN Amro, Goldman Sachs, ING and Morgan Stanley, was priced at 14bp over the 2016 OAT from spread guidance of 12bp-15bp over. Adjusting for the maturity differential, Aa1/AA+ Belgium's deal came at 12bp over the French curve and 2.5bp over Aaa/AA+ Spain's 2017 Bono.

The Eu2.4bn debt facility backing the merger between UK-based Kingfisher and France's Castorama is set for launch. Arrangers BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank and UBS Warburg are waiting for the deal between the UK and French corporates to be finalised before placing the acquisition facility among Kingfisher's closest banks.

Arab Bank, Crédit Lyonnais, KDB Asia, SG and Shinhan Bank have joined forces to launch the $90m two year fundraiser for SK Global Hong Kong. Banks interested in joining the deal will receive a margin of 110bp over Libor and fees on three levels. Commitments of $7m or more earns the title of co-arranger, senior managers earn 65bp for contributions of $5m-$6.9m and managers gain 60bp for tickets of between $2m-$4.9m.

The $100m three year club deal for United Bank of Kuwait (UBK) is in documentation and is expected to be closed in the next two weeks. The deal was oversubscribed to $110m.

Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA Amount: Eu300m (fungible with two issues totalling Eu1.25bn issue launched 07/01/02 and 27/02/02)

Rating: Aa1/AAA Amount: Sfr200m

The Eu40m one year facility for Parex Bank has been closed by arrangers ING and Standard Bank and will be signed on June 14 in Riga. The deal has been closed oversubscribed and increased to Eu55m.