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  • The Eu2.4bn credit backing the acquisition of Irish fixed line telephony group Eircom by Valentia Telecommunications was launched late on Tuesday, following the announcement on Monday that Valentia had received acceptances for 84% of Eircom's shares. Mandated arrangers of the loan are Allied Irish Banks, Bank of Ireland, Barclays, Deutsche Bank (joint bookrunner) and Goldman Sachs (joint bookrunner).
  • Argentine bond spreads gapped out to historic wides this week as the threat of default on the sovereign's $132bn of debt once again gripped the emerging markets. The Argentine composite spread in the EMBI Plus index was trading yesterday (Thursday) at 1802bp, its widest level since the index was created. This compares with 1478bp just before September 11 and 880bp when the sovereign completed its $29.5bn debt swap in early June.
  • The global repercussions of the terrible events that occurred in the US on September 11 are still becoming apparent. As financial minds attempt to quantify the likelihood of a global recession in the face of lower consumer confidence in the US and elsewhere, supermarket credits have again taken up the mantle and offered investors a defensive option. Vivek Ahuja reports.
  • The 189 syndicated loans signed in the Euromarket in the July to September period is the lowest number of deals completed in any quarter since 1992, according to figures from Dealogic. Volume has also dropped, from $140.98m in the second quarter to $111.25m in the third quarter of 2001. The quarterly volumes are the lowest recorded since the first quarter of 1999.
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  • With defensive sectors set to be the drivers of volume in a bearish market, loans for the supermarket and top end retail sectors have recently become more attractive. Traditionally conservative margins have undergone a transformation and deals are no longer priced solely on the basis of the lucrative ancillary business on offer from this cash rich sector. Stephen Fitzmaurice reports.
  • Swedish Match has increased the limit off its global MTN programme from euro500 million ($456.92 million) to euro1 billion. Salomon Smith Barney has been added to the dealer panel. The issuer has $381.72 million outstanding off two trades.
  • * Erste Europäische Pfandbrief- und Kommunalkreditbank Rating: AAA
  • Marks & Spencer (M&S) this week awarded Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley the mandate for a benchmark Eurobond financing in euros and sterling. The transaction, which will be launched after a roadshow in the UK and continental Europe from October 11-22, is expected to comprise a Eu500m-Eu750m five year tranche and a £200m-£250m seven to 10 year piece.
  • * Carlos Conde, co-head of equity capital markets at JP Morgan, will leave the bank at the end of the year. Bobby Banks, the other co-head, will take over as European head and will continue to report to Carlos Hernandez, global head of ECM. A source close to Conde said that he had been forced out of the bank, following the merger between JP Morgan and Chase at the end of last year.