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Two more US companies are to take out loans to repatriate profits from foreign subsidiaries under the American Jobs Creation Act.

The Eu30m one year loan that mandated lead arrangers Alpha Bank, Bank of New York, Commerzbank, Garanti Bank, RZB and Wachovia Bank are arranging for Finansbank (Romania) has been signed for Eu55m following an oversubscription. Lenders' commitments were also scaled back.

Alfa Bank's $200m one year loan has been launched into general syndication by bookrunners Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Commerzbank, HSBC and WestLB.

Russian car dealer Rolf Holding, which distributes models made by Audi, Ford and Mitsubishi, is in advanced talks with lenders about a $350m loan, split between one and three year tranches.

Investors were won over this week by French online dating company Meetic, which priced its Eu76m IPO in Paris at the top of its price range. The issue was 12 times oversubscribed by institutional investors and more than seven times covered by retail buyers. Bookrunners SG CIB, JP Morgan Cazenove and Lazard Ixis priced the 25% stake at the top of the Eu19.20 to Eu22.30 range. More than 1.2m shares were traded yesterday (Thursday) — the company's first day of trading — causing the share price to climb almost 10% to Eu24.30.

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission settled fraud charges on Wednesday against Theodore Sihpol, a former broker at Bank of America Securities (BAS), relating to alleged late trading by hedge fund Canary Partners.

Moody's Investors Service on Monday placed 10 Saudi Arabian banks on review for possible upgrade, a week after it did the same to Saudi Arabia's Baa2 foreign currency bank deposit ceiling. The 10 banks are Al Rajhi Banking and Investment, Arab National Bank, Bank Al Jazira, Banque Saudi Fransi, National Commercial Bank, Riyad Bank, Samba Financial Group, Saudi British Bank, Saudi Hollandi Bank and Saudi Investment Bank — all have Baa2 foreign currency deposit ratings.

Standard Bank of South Africa has put together a group of banks to arrange a $125m loan split between a $75m three year tranche and a $50m five year tranche.

Tech Semiconductor Singapore's $380m four year loan received an enthusiastic response from the market and is already oversubscribed. ABN Amro, DBS Bank, Citigroup and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp are arranging the deal. Commitments have been received from 20 banks with more to come.

Bank of Scotland, Caja Madrid and SG CIB have launched the Eu459m recap of Ahold's Spanish supermarkets — called Ahold Supermercados. The bank meeting will be held in Madrid on October 17.

The $50m two year credit for Commercial Bank of Ceylon is set to complete syndication today (Friday). HSBC is leading the deal. The loan is already oversubscribed and two more banks are expected to revert by the end of the week. The top level all-in is 106bp over Libor.