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Nakheel, a United Arab Emirates property development company with close ties to the Dubai government, will agree a $1.5bn bridge loan early next week, as part of an ambitious international funding strategy that will also include two $2.5bn syndicated loans.

National Grid, the UK electricity and gas network company, continued its opportunistic spree in the international bond markets with a $1bn 10 year debut in dollars this week.

National Grid, the UK electricity and gas network company, continued its opportunistic spree in the international bond markets with a $1bn 10 year debut in dollars this week.

Cinven and Warburg Pincus have won the auction for Casema Holding, the third largest cable operator in the Netherlands.

Citigroup is still working hard to market a likely $240m five year high yield bond for Indonesia's Noble Finance, but is facing scepticism from some investors who are concerned about the assets' ownership and financial performance. Although the bonds are secured on three landmark commercial properties in Jakarta and carry features to protect investors' interests and stop the guarantors taking money out before bondholders would be repaid, high yield investors said they remained uncomfortable about the assets' owners.

Bond issues continued to trickle out of the European and Middle Eastern emerging markets this week, despite investors' trepidation before Wednesday's US inflation data and Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to Congress the same day.

Syndication of Alliance Housing Bank's $50m three year term loan will close shortly oversubscribed.

Guarantor: Land Nordrhein-Westfalen

Private equity sponsor Permira is close to winning the auction for Spanish pizza delivery company Telepizza. EuroWeek hears that ING and Royal Bank of Scotland may be arranging Permira's debt supporting the acquisition. The sponsor is working with Telepizza's chairman, Pedro Ballvé.

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