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* Deutsche Genossenschafts-Hypothekenbank AG Rating: AAA/AAA (S&P/Fitch)

Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz is to quit as president of Narodowy Bank Polski, the national central bank of Poland, and will join the EBRD as its new vice president. She replaces Miklos Nemeth, a former prime minister of Hungary, who left the bank in April. She has been president of the central bank for eight years, overseeing the redenomination of the zloty and the move to a managed float of zloty exchange rates.

Interest in Deutsche Post's Eu5.5bn IPO has been strong throughout premarketing, but investors continue to question the valuation, asking for discounts of between 10% and 40% to comparable TNT Post Groep (TPG). Investor doubts focus on Deutsche Post's ability to restructure after a number of purchases - its most recent acquisition is a 26% stake in DHL, costing $745m. "In the US in particular," said a banker on the syndicate, "orders are often price sensitive because of the weak markets over there. But in every country interest is there."

Rabobank Nederland has increased the ceiling off its euro20 billion ($16.57 billion) global MTN shelf to euro30 billion. The issuer set the programme up in 1997 and is rated triple-A.

* Council of Europe Development Bank Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA

Standard & Poor's (S&P) and Moody's revised their outlook on Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson) from stable to negative this week, while affirming their A+/A1 ratings. S&P cited increasing levels of operating losses within the consumer products segment and weaker than expected cashflow generation during the first nine months of 2000.

Republic of Columbia has increased its $2.5 billion Euro-MTN programme to $3.5 billion. The programme was signed in 1995 via Goldman Sachs and has $2.22 billion outstanding off 12 trades.

Rheinboden Hypothekenbank has increased its debt issuance programme from euro3 billion ($2.46 billion) to euro5 billion. Since the German bank signed the programme in September last year, it has issued $1.01 billion off 15 trades, all denominated in either euros or yen.

celand Bayerische Landesbank has won the mandate to arrange a Eu12m term loan for Lysing hf. The facility has a tenor of three years and pays a margin of 75bp over Euribor. The borrower's last syndicated loan was a $21m term loan arranged by Danske Bank and RBS. The facility paid a margin of 35bp over Libor and a commitment fee of 17.5bp.

* European Bank for Reconstruction & Development Rating: Aaa/AAA

Valenciana de Cementos (Valenciana) signed its euro2 billion ($1.66 billion) Euro-MTN programme yesterday, October 26. It had been planning to sign the programme since July (see MTNWeek, issue 201). The issuer has also announced its 11-strong dealer panel. It is ABN Amro, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, Chase Manhattan, Credit Agricole Indosuez, Dresdner Bank, ING Barings, Salomon Smith Barney, Westdeutsche Landesbank and the arranger, Deutsche Bank. Valenciana is the third Spanish corporate to sign an MTN shelf this year.

* Inter-American Development Bank Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA