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It has been an upsetting time for the sports world's best-ranked players. Sampras and Agassi go crashing out of Wimbledon in the first week, and we all know about the World Cup shocks. But the failure of the top football teams to make it to the latter stages had wider ranging effects then you might think. Goldman Sachs produced a World Cup report, attempting to find links between a nation's economic and football success. The predicted semi-finalists were Argentina, France, Italy and Spain, none of which went far. Nevermind. Perhaps MTNers Andrew Devenport and Alexis Renard should make a report trying to correlate erroneous World Cup predictions with slipping from first to fourth in the league tables... Closer to the football action, everyone has been bemused by the vanishing act of several thousand tickets. Well, Leak has the answer. Banks in Hong Kong stockpiled tickets to use as gifts for preferred clients, but found themselves unable to give them away because of strict anti-corruption laws. You can't even give a Christmas card to a bank teller apparently - should spend a bit more time with your legal team, guys. BNP Paribas is hosting its press party at the Royal Academy in London next week. Daniel Cogoi will have to be on top form - his recent absence from the press means reporters will be snapping at his heels... for his opinion on where the Italian football team went wrong.

Dear MTNWeek subscriber, Next week, on July 12 MTNWeek, the leading publication for the global MTN and CP markets will merge with EuroWeek, the leading newspaper for the international capital and bank markets. For over five years, MTNWeek, incorporating CPMonth, has consistently delivered the best news, analysis, features and data for its markets. It has developed an enviable reputation for its sharp and accurate coverage as well as enhancing its position as the journal of record for the MTN and CP industries. For over 15 years, EuroWeek has been the favoured newspaper and website for the international bond, loan, equity and structured finance markets. Together, MTNWeek and EuroWeek will make a stronger, single publication and therefore will become even more essential reading for those working in the international capital markets. All your favourite sections in MTNWeek, such as top news, structures, trades, breakdowns, league tables (provided by Dealogic) and Leak table, will continue to be published. But allied to your favourite MTN and CP sections will be the wider capital markets coverage in EuroWeek such as credit news, people moves, swaps, Ian Kerr's diary column, international equities, emerging markets, bond commentaries, syndicated loans and securitizations as well as, of course, the all-important league tables of bookrunners of all international bonds. Not only will you receive MTN and CP coverage within EuroWeek every Friday, you will also be able to access the EuroWeek website, which will contain a complete archive of all MTNWeek articles and data as well as the EuroWeek archive. This not only contains the last five years' worth of editions but also all the supplements including the End of Year Reviews, country reports and handbooks. Next week in EuroWeek you will get: ? Continued excellent coverage of the MTN and CP markets including news, structures, trades, data, league tables and market rumours ? All EuroWeek supplements including End of Year Review and Celebration of Excellence. ? Credit news ? Swaps ? Fund management ? People moves ? Ian Kerr ? Asia Pacific capital markets ? Emerging markets ? New issues ? Bond commentaries ? Syndicated loans ? Structured finance ? Data, including league tables For more information, please call Bija Knowles at MTNWeek on +44 20 7440 6405, Toby Fildes at EuroWeek on +44 20 7779 8800 or Dennis Millard at EuroWeek on +44 20 7779 8586 Sincerely, Bija Knowles Editor.

Investors invited to commit to the £410m facility supporting YTL's acquisition of Wessex Water will attend a meeting held by the arranging banks and the management of YTL and Wessex Water today (Friday) in London. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Barclays, BayernLB and HSBC have underwritten the deal, which is split into three term loans: a £400m term loan maturing in June 2005 which offers a margin of 85bp over Libor and a 42.5bp commitment fee; a tranche 'B' £135m term loan maturing in November 2002, pricing on which is undisclosed; and a £10m piece that has the same pricing as tranche 'A'.

GMAC Residential Funding Corporation (RFC) is expanding its structured finance activity into Europe for its latest securitisation, with a residential mortgage transaction from its Dutch subsidiary. Citigroup/SSSB is pre-marketing a Eu350m transaction for GMAC RFC Nederland BV. The group has been looking to enter the European market and this transaction is the first public evidence of that effort. The Dutch subsidiary began offering its mortgage products in May last year. Other recent investments include the acquisition of the German and French activities of mortgage broker Creditweb in February, through which the group hopes to learn about other European markets.

Another player arrived at the 2002 credit card table last Friday when UK consumer finance company HFC Bank set up the second new master trust of the year. In April Capital One Bank made its first public entry into the European ABS market with Sherwood Castle via sole bookrunner Barclays Capital. Now Barclays and Credit Suisse First Boston have brought another master trust player using a structure similar to that of regular issuer MBNA and its 15 CARDS transactions.

The Kingdom of Spain's securitisation programme of small and medium sized enterprises ended this week as Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo launched the last deal of the year, a Eu600m bond via SG. Each year the government agrees to wrap a certain portion of securitisation tranches, in this case Eu1.8bn, for SME (or pyme) securitisations, provided 50% of the proceeds are reinvested in the sector.

Westpac was on the verge of pricing a A$510.64m securitisation of Australian commercial property this week when the news struck of WorldCom's hidden losses. The deal, for financial services company Challenger International Ltd, derives about 7% of its revenues from a building rented by UUnet and OzEmail, subsidiaries of WorldCom.

GMAC Residential Funding Corporation (RFC) is expanding its structured finance activity into Europe for its latest securitisation, with a residential mortgage transaction from its Dutch subsidiary. Citigroup/SSSB is pre-marketing a Eu350m transaction for GMAC RFC Nederland BV. The group has been looking to enter the European market and this transaction is the first public evidence of that effort. The Dutch subsidiary began offering its mortgage products in May last year. Other recent investments include the acquisition of the German and French activities of mortgage broker Creditweb in February, through which the group hopes to learn about other European markets.

Unión de Créditos Inmobiliarios (UCI) returned to market this week with a Eu600m securitisation of residential and personal mortgages. Lead managed by BNP Paribas and Santander Central Hispano (SCH), the deal is UCI's second residential mortgage securitisation in under a year, following a Eu455m deal in November also lead managed by BNP and SCH, the bank's owners.

Meliorbanca, the Italian mid-cap investment banking group, this week brought a rare asset class to market - Italian public sector loans, via UniCredit Banca Mobiliare and UBS Warburg. The deal, which totals Eu246m, has few precedents. In August 2001 Morgan Stanley parcelled Eu394m public sector loans originated by Credito Fondiario Industriale (Fonspa), the bank it acquired in April 2000. The deal was designed to clean Fonspa's balance sheet as part of its development as a servicing platform.