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ABN Amro Asset Management and Framlington have resolved their dispute over star managers George Luckraft and Nigel Thomas. The two fund managers, who resigned from ABM Amro in April, will now join Framlington on September 8. The announcement is a victory for Framlington, as the fund managers were originally expecting to have to work a year's notice. The two left ABN Amro just weeks after their resignation, citing that it was no longer possible for them to work at the firm, and Framlington and ABN Amro have been locked in negotiations since them.

Greece Despite the disastrous performance of the equity markets over the past week Citigroup/SSSB is pushing ahead with its Eu513m offering in OPAP, the government controlled Greek lottery and football pools operator.

Rating: A- (Fitch) Amount: Eu100m

Amount: Sfr373m Maturity: August 15, 2006

Bank of Scotland has launched syndication of the increased debt facilities which backed the 1999 £215m buy-out of washroom services company PHS Group by Charterhouse Development Capital. The original deal was a £117m facility, but Bank of Scotland intends to sell a further £33m to the market.

Barclays and JP Morgan have closed syndication of the £412.3m acquisition facility for Premier Foods. One ticket was offered to relationship banks for fees of 87.5bp. Only £235m of the deal is new money, with the balance refinancing existing debt. A £244.3m term loan 'A' maturing in December 2007 offers a margin of 225bp over, a £67.9m term loan 'B' maturing in December 2008 pays 275bp over, and a £100m revolver maturing in July 2008 offers 225bp over.

Rating: Aa2/AA Amount: $750m

Rating: A1/A+ Amount: $750m

Crédit Lyonnais, Gulf International Bank, National Bank of Dubai, Qatar National Bank and Standard Chartered have been selected as mandated lead arrangers for the $300m refinancing for Qatar Fuel Additives Company (Qafac). The five have underwritten the deal and are working out the timetable for launching the transaction into syndication, which may be as soon as next week.

Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA Amount: Eu150m (fungible with two issues totalling Eu750m launched 07/01/02 and 05/03/02)