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Rating: A-/A

Amount: ¥20.5bn

Bankers reported healthy, though lighter, trading in the EuroCP market this week as a result of the Thanksgiving holiday period in the US. New issuance totalled around $55bn by close of play yesterday (Thursday) ? down from the $64bn issued last week. The euro finished with a marked increase in its share of issuance, compared to last week. The currency took 54% of new issuance, up 10%. That increase came at the expense of new deals in dollars, which finished on 26%, down from last week's 33%. Sterling recorded 15%.

Emerging market sovereign issuers and two groups representing the interests of private finance have agreed a new set of principles that support stable capital flows and fair debt restructuring in emerging markets. The G-20 group of industrial and emerging economies, which met in Berlin last weekend, expressed its support for the principles. They were drawn up by many of the world's largest emerging market sovereign issuers such as Brazil, Korea, Mexico and Turkey, the Institute of International Finance (IIF) and the International Primary Market Association (IPMA).

German industrial conglomerate and utility E.On's Eu10bn loan has been a blowout in syndication, and is substantially oversubscribed. The borrower, however, is unlikely to increase the loan. Mandated lead arrangers are Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Barclays (bookrunner), HVB, BNP Paribas, Calyon, Citigroup (bookrunner), Deutsche Bank (bookrunner), Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, HSBC and JP Morgan (bookrunner).

Rating: Aaa/AAA

Rating: Aaa/AAA

Citigroup sold a $436.5m three year bond for Citibank on Tuesday, exchangeable into shares of Poland's Bank Handlowy w Warszawie. The deal helped Citibank fulfil regulatory requirements while gaining the best possible return.

Mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Nordea have launched syndication of Fortum's Eu1bn deal.

Compiled by Chris Milsom, HSBC Bank plc, London

BNP Paribas and Calyon have been mandated to underwrite and arrange Eu420m in debt backing HAL Holding's take private of optical retailer GrandVision.

The deadline for commitments on the debt supporting the formation of Aster is the middle of next week.