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Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi has completed a ¥50bn 364 day fundraising for consumer credit firm JACCS Co. The arranger held ¥15bn. Co-arranger Mizuho Corporate Bank pledged ¥10bn.

Mandated arranger ING has signed banks into the $25m six month facility for Kazakhstan Development Bank. The deal was oversubscribed and increased to $28m. Kuwait Investment Company, Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein and Standard Bank joined as co-arrangers for a ticket of $5m. Bankgesellschaft Berlin and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein joined for titles of lead manager for takes of $3m and WestLB and Europäische-Iranische Handelsbanken joined as participants for a take of $1m. The deal pays a margin of 270bp over Libor.

BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank and UBS Warburg signed banks into the facility supporting Kingfisher's acquisition of Castorama yesterday (Thursday). The borrower has insisted that the list of banks joining the deal remains private.

Arrangers ABN Amro, Crédit Lyonnais, Development Bank of Singapore, ING, Natexis Banques Popularies, Standard Chartered, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp and LB Kiel have finalised details for the $250m two year term loan for Chohung Bank and have launched the facility into general syndication. Banks will earn a margin of 20bp over Hibor. Fees are set at three tiers: co-arrangers pledging $10m will receive 40bp, lead managers committing $5m-$9m gain 38bp and senior managers contributing $2m-$4m receive 36bp.

Guarantor: Federal Republic of Germany Rating: Aaa/AAA

Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA Amount: $750m

Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA Amount: Eu100m

Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA Amount: Sfr300m

Land Baden-Württemberg issued the first non-euro denominated bond by a German state this week, launching a Sfr300m transaction through BNP Paribas. The triple-A rated borrower priced its five year issue at 19bp over the 4.5% June 2007 Swiss government bond, equivalent to 11bp through mid-swaps.

Rating: AAA (Fitch) Amount: Eu250m Landesschatzanweisung Series 139

Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA Amount: Eu250m (fungible with Eu1bn issue launched 19/02/02)