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Guarantor: PT Telekomunikasi Selular Rating: B3/B+

Banks joining senior syndication of Imperial Tobacco's jumbo Eu5.9bn acquisition financing will be signed into the deal on Tuesday. Demand in the first round of syndication means that the deal will not be launched into retail.

Rating: A1/A+ Amount: ¥80bn global bond

Amount: Eu358.5m Legal maturity: May 25, 2014

Rating: Aa3/A Amount: Eu1bn subordinated debt (increased from Eu750m)

Rating: Aaa/AAA Amount: $1bn

Rating: A2/A- Amount: Eu500m lower tier two capital

Six banks have stepped in to loosen the noose tightening around Invensys by providing a $1.39bn bridge loan. They are JP Morgan/Chase, Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America.

Deutsche Bank has unveiled a strategic alliance with Invesco, designed to develop "open architecture". The agreement is the first within Deutsche's private client and asset management division (PCAM) in what is envisaged to be a series of tie-ups between the bank and global fund managers. The bank describes open architecture as a financial services platform for its consumer and private banking customers, offering the investment solutions to complement its existing internally manufactured products and services.

BNP Paribas struggled this week to generate interest in the Eu435m convertible bond that it led for Vinci, the French construction company. Many investors rejected the opportunity to gain further exposure to a company that has already seen three equity-linked deals exchangeable into its stock issued in less than two years. The lead managers chose to launch the deal after the close of the market on Monday, which, according to a banker who worked on the deal, created some uncertainty with investors who already have a large amount of exposure to Vinci.

The $500m three year facility for Banki Markazi Jomhouri Islami Iran has been closed. Mandated lead arranger is BNP Paribas.

Rating: Aa3/AAA (S&P) Amount: Ck1bn