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Hutchison Whampoa is enduringly popular with investors because of its large and liquid outstanding issues. The company's return to the market in June after an 18 month absence, was a runaway success. With its 3G earnings becoming stronger, Hutchison may be tapping the market for other purposes in the future, as Adam Harper reports.

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After a few weeks in syndication, Corporation Bank has secured a commitment from Commerzbank for its $50m one year credit. DBS Bank, ING Bank and Standard Chartered Bank are the mandated lead arrangers.

HSBC launched the IPO of online gambling website 888.com this week at a reduced offer size of £158m, in response to investors' concerns about the sector.

ABN Amro appears set to win the battle to acquire Banca Antonveneta and become the first foreign company to buy a major Italian bank.

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Having previously had a minimal presence in the bond markets, Allied Irish Banks has burst on to the screens of many fixed income investors over the last 12 months. Jonathan Sibun talks to the borrower about its growing presence in the capital markets.

German financial group Allianz completed all its funding for 2005 in one blow in January when it launched three capital market transactions simultaneously worth a total of Eu4bn. Jonathan Sibun speaks to Stephan Theissing, director of corporate finance at Allianz in Munich, about the success of the company's financing, its focus on liability management and the challenges of preparing for Solvency II, the EU regulation aimed at creating an insurance solvency system compatible with international developments in supervision and financial reporting.

Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Goldman Sachs completed an innovative accelerated share placement for Allianz on Monday, which raised around Eu2bn to part-finance its bid for the 45% of Italian insurer Riunione Adriatica di Sicurta it does not already own.

Much has been made of Argentina's audacity in following its record-breaking $102bn default on principal and past-due interest with the worst terms ever offered in a sovereign debt restructuring.

Have investors forgiven or forgotten Argentina's default on more than $100bn of debt at the end of 2001? Either way, the country is back on track to access the international capital markets either at the end of this year or in early 2006. Danielle Robinson reports on an incredible turnaround in investor sentiment.