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Just who are these guys? This was the question being asked by our friends at Barclays Capital after it was revealed in the tabloid press that it was a group of BarCap employees who had spent £44,000 on dinner at the Pétrus restaurant in St James's. Had the BarCap diners been genuine heavyweights such as Hans-Joerg Rudloff, Bob Diamond, Abigail Hofman, Robert Morrice and Cyrus Ardalan, no one would have given a tuppeny toss or even another bottle of '45 Chateau Pétrus. However, who are Dayanlanda Kumar, Iftikhar Hyder, Mashish Chandra and Ms Ruth Cove? We have absolutely no doubt that they are all charming and gifted people. But our BarCap pals couldn't immediately identify any of the group, although we did like the waspish comment from one senior managing director, who quipped: "They are probably some of Grant Kvalheim's new hires." You should be ashamed of yourself, Sir.

Banca Totta & Ahores is due to sign a euro3 billion ($2.63 billion) Euro-MTN programme next week. The Portuguese bank has mandated Deutsche Bank as arranger of the programme. It will be the third Portuguese bank to sign a Euro-MTN programme in the past eight months. Banco BPI signed its euro3 billion Euro-MTN programme in December last year, while Banco Itau Europa signed a $500 million shelf in March this year.

BAA signed a £

Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel has raised the ceiling off its Euro-MTN programme from euro3 billion ($2.63 billion) to euro5 billion.