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Syndication of Banka Celje's Eu70m five year deal will close this week having raised between Eu90m and Eu100m.

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If punning is the lowest form of wit, why are economists so good at it? It's a difficult one to answer. But if research reports are anything to go by, our brainiest analysts are addicted to cringe-worthy punning, regurgitated song lyrics, film titles and TV shows.

If punning is the lowest form of wit, why are economists so good at it? It's a difficult one to answer. But if research reports are anything to go by, our brainiest analysts are addicted to cringe-worthy punning, regurgitated song lyrics, film titles and TV shows.

Banca Popolare di Lodi's efforts to acquire Banca Antonveneta were hit this week when Italian securities markets regulator Consob asked BPL to clarify how it worked out the value of its shares and cash bid for the bank.

CLP Australia Finance's A$2.45bn multi-tranche acquisition loan has been launched into senior syndication after a bank presentation. Commonwealth Bank of Australia, National Australia Bank and JP Morgan are the mandated lead arrangers.

Barclays Capital's Convertible Cost Index fell 2bp this week, indicating a slight reduction in the cost of issuing a convertible bond for a theoretical triple-B rated issuer.

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Since launching its first euro benchmark bond last June, NRW.Bank — the successor to Landesbank Nordrhein-Westfalen and ultimately of the old Westdeutsche Landesbank — has been busy building its borrower credentials in the international debt capital markets. Its new status as a development bank means that NRW is one of the few banks in Germany that will retain the state guarantees of Anstaltslast and Gewährträgerhaftung after July 2005. Here, EuroWeek talks to the AA/Aa2/AAA rated, zero risk weighted development bank for the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia about its performance in the debt markets. Frank Richter, head of investor relations at NRW.Bank in Düsseldorf, explains how the bank aims to broaden its investor base and offer more products in the structured EMTN market.

ABN Amro, BNP Paribas, Fortis Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland have won the mandate to arrange an Eu850m deal for plastic plumbing products company Aliaxis.