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On behalf of my daughter, Georgina, and myself, I would like to thank our friends in the Euromarkets who have sent dozens of letters and more flowers than you will find in a garden nursery following the very sudden and totally unexpected death of my wife, Vanessa. On Wednesday morning last week, she complained of feeling faint and having a headache. Although we called for an ambulance, there seemed to be no cause for undue concern. However, an hour after arriving at the hospital she had a massive brain haemorrhage. Within the space of three hours the wonderfully vibrant, vivacious and always healthy Vanessa was not only critically ill, but according to the doctors, had only a one in 10 chance of survival - mercifully, she was completely unconscious when Georgina and I were told.

Rating: Aa3/AA-/AA- Amount: $250m

Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA Amount: Eu1.5bn

Banco do Brasil achieved a small but important milestone this week by becoming the first Brazilian issuer this year to price a structured bond transaction without a triple-A wrap. Although only $40m in size, the deal, led by ING, demonstrates that Brazilian structured deals are possible at a time when all three monoline insurers are rejecting Brazilian corporate and bank pleas for triple-A wraps.

Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA Amount: R150m (fungible with R150m issue launched 13/03/02)

Rating: Aa2/AAA Amount: Eu100m Hypothekenpfandbrief series 50011

Rating: A2/A/A+ Amount: Eu500m

Equity capital market bankers are expecting a flood of rights issues over the next few weeks, as cash-strapped corporates prepare to come to the market. With Legal & General (L&G) and Zurich Financial Services having announced issues and France Télécom set for a Eu15bn equity deal, bankers are expecting most issues to come from the telecoms and insurance sectors.

Financial repackaged entities issued over $500m this week through 41 deals. Deutsche Bank's repackaged business was strong. It placed 10 trades off its Earls and Eirles vehicles with six of its seven Earls notes denominated in yen. The other was a Eu25.81m 1.955% 2017 issue by Earls Seven. JP Morgan placed seven repackaged notes. Its biggest deal was a Eu30m five year trade which has a semi-annual coupon.