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* SNS bank Nederland NV Rating: A2/A/A+

SNS Bank Nederland has issued a HK$100 million ($12.82 million) two-year trade via SG. The trade is plain vanilla, linked to floating euribor and it pays a final coupon of 4.92%.

The Republic of South Africa is set to make a second big stride towards its target of $1bn of funds for the fiscal year, by mandating Nomura and Daiwa for a probable ¥30bn ($243m) six year Samurai bond. South Africa has only issued twice before on the Samurai market; a ¥30bn five year bond in 1995, and a ¥40bn seven year in 1997, via Daiwa. This time Daiwa has teamed up with Nomura, to the exclusion of the two US houses also shortlisted for the bond - JP Morgan and Merrill Lynch.

SNS Bank has done a syndicated SlKr1 billion ($20.26 million) trade that pays 8%. HypoVereinsbank was the lead manager, and Bank Austria was the senior co-lead manager. The note matures in June 2006. It is SNS Bank's first Slovak koruna trade of the year, and although euro accounts for 38 of its 48 deals in 2001, it has also issued in Hong Kong dollar, Czech koruna and Swiss franc, among others.

Israel's state owned electricity monopoly, the Israel Electric Corporation (IEC), has completed a blowout $600m 10 year Eurobond, handled by Salomon Smith Barney as sole bookrunner, proving that Israeli credit has not suffered from months of violence in the country. The final book was just short of $2bn on a bond that was roadshowed as a mere $300m affair. Deutsche Bank was a joint lead on the deal, but did not receive any bonds to distribute. Pricing, at 255bp over Treasuries, was inside pre-launch talk of 263bp.

* Bank Austria AG Guarantor: deficiency guarantee from City of Vienna

* Alliance & Leicester plc Rating: A1/A+/AA-

* Europäische Hypothekenbank SA Rating: Aaa/AAA

Citibank/SSSB, Danske Bank and Nordea are thought to be close to winning the mandate to arrange the refinancing for Tele Danmark's Eu650m revolver. However, bankers looking at the deal were surprised when Telenor and Tele Danmark were this week reported to be in talks aimed at a merger.

Tesco has issued a £

Coca-Cola Enterprises has axed Societe General and UBS Warburg from its $3.5 billion Euro-MTN programme. Lehman Brothers arranged the facility in September 1997 and it has $2.53 billion outstanding off 10 issues.

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