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Guarantor: BP plc

Rating: A- (Fitch)

RZB Bulgaria's Eu100m deal has been launched into senior syndication by mandated lead arrangers Bank Austria, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, BayernLB and DZ Bank.

Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA

Rating: A3

Rating: A-/A

The $30m deal that Standard Chartered is arranging for Guinness Cameroon will be signed shortly by another four banks.

Mandated arranger HSBC has launched a HK$600m four year fundraising for China Pharmaceutical Group into general syndication.

One of the great growth stories in the European leveraged markets over the past few years has been mezzanine lending. Indeed, well placed officials believe the time is coming when leveraged debt packages will carry Eu1bn mezzanine tranches.

Much has been said and written about the development of the secondary loan market in Europe over the past five to 10 years, much of it hyperbole. But there is now real progress taking place, especially in the secondary leveraged loan market where volumes have grown sharply over the past 18-24 months. While the secondary market for investment grade loans in Europe has been muted over the last 12-18 months, there has been a sharp increase in trading volumes in the rapidly expanding leveraged loan universe, which is principally a reflection of the institutionalisation of the market.