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ING (co-ordinating bookrunner) and SG (co-bookrunner and facility agent) have won the mandate to arrange a $175m 3-1/2 year pre-export financing for Sibneft, the Siberian exploration and production company. This is the third deal the company has done through these two banks in recent times and the third to feature the same offtaker - Vitol. However, this time Stasco, part of the Shell group, is also involved.

SG this week appointed Richard Hopkin as managing director and deputy head of European securitisation, based in London. SG has a strong securitisation franchise in France and Spain but is keen to broaden this into other markets where it has been active more sporadically.

* DaimlerChrysler (UK) Holding plc Guarantor: DaimlerChrysler AG

Den norske Bank will become the fourth biggest asset manager in the Nordic area with its acquisition of Skandia's asset management operations. Under the deal, which was announced on Tuesday, DnB will increase its assets under management from Nkr95bn (Eu11.9bn) to Nkr335bn (Eu42m). DnB will pay Skr3.2bn (Eu345m) to Skandia, the Swedish insurer, for the assets.

* Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz Girozentrale Rating: Aa1/AA/AAA

* Transco plc Rating: A2/A/A

Standard Chartered Bank has signed a $2 billion structured note programme. No arranger has been named and there are no dealers on the programme. The IPA is Deutsche Bank. It will complement the issuer's existing $6 billion debt issuance programme, arranged by JPMorgan, that has $2.67 billion outstanding off nine trades. This programme has issued several different kinds of notes, including fixed-rate, floating-rate, step-up FRNs, a yield-linked perpetual note and a Pro Asia Investment note-linked note. The new programme will be focused on structured trades, and will help fund the issuer's future plans. These include building new core markets in Taiwan and Thailand and building its businesses in the Middle East, South Asia and Africa.

The dollar market was this week awash with three year supranational issuance, with the EIB and IADB together adding $5bn to a sector already pressured by the $3bn World Bank transaction last week. The next supra into the arena is expected to be the Asian Development Bank, which this week conducted a non-deal roadshow, sponsored by Morgan Stanley, in the US. It followed an ADB roadshow in Asia at the end of last year via HSBC and Nomura. ADB's borrowing requirement for 2002 is set to grow from $2bn in 2000 and 2001 to $7.5bn.

* Landesbank Baden-Württemberg Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA

EuroWeek understands that Vivendi Universal is planning a raid on the loan market over the next couple of weeks for a large facility - possibly as much as Eu2.5bn - that will be used for refinancing and general corporate purposes. The holding company, which has a diverse portfolio of businesses that operate around the world in numerous sectors, is believed not to have officially awarded a lead arranger mandate.

A bank presentation was held this week for the syndication of the £85m five year loan facility for Gullane Entertainment. The deal, arranged by Barclays Capital, is structured between a £60m term loan and a £20m revolver. The loan carries a margin of 175bp over Libor for the first 12 months, and ratchets thereafter in line with a net debt to Ebitda grid.