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Rosneft, the Russian state oil company, completed the largest ever listing on the London Stock Exchange this week, raising $10.42bn with comfortable oversubscription, despite the intense controversy that has dogged the deal.

Rating: A3

Guarantor: Banco Santander Central Hispano

Slovenske Elektrarne wrote to its lenders this week to tell them that the company has agreed an internal credit line with Italian utility Enel, which bought the company in February last year. Bankers say the borrower also signalled its intention to prepay most of its outstanding debt.

Toll road operator Abertis' Eu600m seven year revolver via Barclays, HSBC, JP Morgan and La Caixa will close at the end of next week.

Insurer Axa successfully completed its Eu4.1bn rights issue to part-finance its acquisition of Winterthur from Credit Suisse First Boston this week.

After more than two years of planning and an anxious period when markets fell in May, UK insurer Standard Life made a smooth debut on the London Stock Exchange on Monday, gaining 5.4% gain on its first day of trading.

Coal and metals mining company Xstrata's $8.5bn acquisition facility has been signed but it is on hold as the takeover battle for Canadian mining company Falconbridge continues. Bookrunners on the deal are Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan and Royal Bank of Scotland. The loan is made up of a $1.5bn six month bridge that pays a margin of 50bp, a $3bn revolver with a five year tenor and a margin of 70bp, a $3bn term loan with a three year tenor and a 60bp margin, and a $1bn five year term loan paying a margin of 70bp over Libor.

Guarantor: National Central Cooling Co

Borrowers bombarded the US high grade bond market with $16bn of new issues this week, wasting no time to take advantage of a reprieve from the severe volatility that has wracked all asset classes in the past month.