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  • When Leak last went on a global gallivant we got into a spot of hot water. It's not that there was any lasting damage, but a few nips round the Brazilians were never going to do us any good. So Leak's advice to Gavin Eddy when we learnt he was going for three weeks in South America was pretty simple ? stay off the local moonshine and don't go skinny-dipping with piranhas.
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  • Legal & General found an enthusiastic reception for its £400m debut upper tier two deal this week. The UK life insurer's first subordinated issue, a perpetual callable from 2019, was over three times oversubscribed at the initial price guidance of 140bp area over the Gilts, enabling Barclays Capital, Lehman Brothers and UBS to reduce the spread to 133bp-135bp area before pricing at the tight end.
  • The debt supporting the buy-out of packaging group Linpac will be launched into syndication in the next few weeks as an all-senior deal via sole mandated lead arranger Deutsche Bank.
  • UBS yesterday (Thursday) completed Israel's biggest share placement by a private company when it sold 59m shares in Israel's second largest bank, Bank Leumi, through an accelerated bookbuild, raising $130m.
  • Lloyds TSB's corporate bank is eyeing the prized title of leading arranger of UK loans. Truett Tate, the new head of Lloyds TSB corporate bank, has big capital markets plans for the UK high street bank, although surprisingly these don't include a bond desk ? yet.
  • Rating: Aaa/AAA
  • WestLB Covered Bond Bank (CBB) pushed further into the international investor base this week, by selling most of its Eu1.5bn 10 year public sector asset covered security outside its German parent's home market.
  • What are the latest games of musical chairs being played at JP Morgan Chase, the bank which never ceases to surprise? Following our recent comments on the newly elevated Bill Winters, we must have received a dozen emails saying that Bill is OK or "Bill is a good egg really when you get to know him".
  • The £360m five year deal for brewer and pub owner Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries has been increased to £420m after an oversubscription. The mandated lead arrangers are Barclays Capital (bookrunner), HSBC, Lloyds TSB and Royal Bank of Scotland.
  • The mandated arranger group led by Bank of Taiwan for Chunghwa Picture Tubes' NT$30bn seven year financing is being finalised.