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Finland Sonera, the Finnish telecoms company, has set the pricing for its Eu1bn one for two rights offering. The company indicated this week that shares would be sold for Eu2.7, a 56.45% discount to when the pricing was announced. Since the announcement of the pricing, the shares have fallen more than 11%, closing yesterday (Thursday) at Eu5.5. Subscription for the rights started yesterday and will continue until November 28. Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs, which are leading the deal, have not yet decided what will happen if all the rights are not taken up.

* Landesbank Baden-Württemberg Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA

Old Mutual has signed a £

Eleven trades were closed in other currencies on Friday and it was the auto sector that was particularly busy. Volkswagen Financial Services closed two trades: the largest was a £

Trades in other currencies were down on Tuesday. Only nine trades were closed in five different currency choices. Again it was Hong Kong dollar that saw the most activity. MSDW Asia Securities closed three HK$100 million ($12.82 million) one- and two-month trades. The trades come off MSDW's self-arranged $1 billion debt issuance programme. BBVA Global Finance also closed a HK$100 million note. The trade goes out to April 2003 and pays a final coupon of 2.58%. European Investment Bank (EIB) closed the day's only South African rand trade. The R150 million ($15.61 million) six-year note pays a coupon of 8.5% and was issued at a price of 97%. Royal Bank of Canada led the trade, which will be offered to the market on December 12 2001. Rabobank Nederland saw opportunities in Canadian dollar. It issued a C$100 million ($62.38 million) six-year bond that pays a coupon of 4.375%. The trade was issued at a price of 101.395% and was led by Royal Bank of Canada. The trade will be issued on December 14 2001. NIB Capital Bank closed the only sterling MTN: a £

Nineteen trades were closed in the market yesterday but it was sterling that stole the show. Just over $1 billion-worth was closed off six trades with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) responsible for the largest offer. It closed a £

* Deutsche Hypothekenbank AG Hannover-Berlin Rating: AAA

* World Bank Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA

The number of Italian private banks in the Euro-MTN market has been increased again this year, by Banca Popolare di Intra (Intra). It signed a euro1 billion ($882.89 million) Euro-MTN facility on November 8 with ING Barings/BBL (ING) as the arranger. ING won the arrangership off the back of a successful euro200 million Eurobond it managed for the issuer in December last year. There are now 42 active programmes from Italian private banks in the market, and total outstandings from the sector are close to $52 billion-worth. There are seven active programmes from the Popolare banks, and outstandings off these facilities are at $7.3 billion-worth. The dealers are the arranger, Bankgesellschaft Berlin, BNP Paribas, Caboto, Crediop, Dexia Credit Local de France, HypoVereinsbank, Natexis Banque Populaires, Salomon Smith Barney and Tokyo-Mitsubishi International.

Real Software Group, the Belgium technology company, is to raise at least Eu45m through issuing new equity, in a restructuring plan that is intended to save the company from bankruptcy. Real Software built up a heavy debt burden and ran into problems with its loss-making US entities earlier this year, before appointing new chief executive Theo Dilissen in February.

Tyco International Group this week stunned market participants with what is being viewed as the most successful financing for a triple-B or single-A credit to hit the market since September 11. The dual currency multi-tranche transaction for the US diversified conglomerate took out its Eu2bn equivalent EuroMTN programme in one hit, achieved multiple oversubscription at the tight end of price talk across the four tranches, and performed spectacularly in the secondary market.

Marconi has published an interim report on its finances, where it confirms it has drawn the full amount outstanding under the Eu4.5bn tranche of the Eu6bn credit it signed in 1998. Marconi's net debt was £4.28bn at the end of September 2001, and the beleagured telecoms equipment group said it intends to reduce this to between £2.7bn and £3.2bn by the end of the first quarter of 2002.