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  • German industrial gases company Messer Griesheim last Friday (May 11) leveraged off strong demand for diversification in the high yield market to launch the largest ever European industrial junk bond. Priced at the tight end of talk and increased from the planned Eu400m to Eu550m, the financing for the LBO of Aventis' gases business has highlighted investors' desire for exposure to sectors away from telecoms.
  • German industrial gases company Messer Griesheim last Friday (May 11) leveraged off strong demand for diversification in the high yield market to launch the largest ever European industrial junk bond. Priced at the tight end of talk and increased from the planned Eu400m to Eu550m, the financing for the LBO of Aventis' gases business has highlighted investors' desire for exposure to sectors away from telecoms.
  • Following the blowout Messer Griesheim high yield bond issue last week, the senior debt backing the LBO of the German industrial gases company has been restructured. The overall senior debt has been reduced and the new deal is receiving a welcome from the market. Before launch, the bonds were increased from the projected Eu400m to Eu550m. The Eu150m increase is being set against the senior debt on the buy-out.
  • Mexican spreads tightened by as much as 25bp yesterday (Thursday) on news that Citigroup will buy Grupo Financiero Banamex-Accival (Banacci), Mexico's second largest banking group, for $12.5bn. For the first time this year Mexico's 2011 global bonds broke the 300bp barrier to trade yesterday morning New York time at 294bp bid, from a close of 319bp bid on Wednesday.
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  • * Bank of America has made several appointments to its team in Seoul, including a new head of global markets for Korea. All five join from JP Morgan. CH Bang becomes head of global markets for Korea. He will report jointly to Goetz Eggelhoefer, global markets head of Asia (excluding Japan), and Richie Prager, global head of emerging markets.
  • Lithuania Fitch has upgraded the Republic of Lithuania to BBB- from BB+. The news is a timely boost to Lithuania Gas. The utility is expected to mandate soon for a small, probably Eu40m, Eurobond in euros, or possibly in litas.
  • Oslo Boers, the Norwegian stock exchange, has completed its Eu59m IPO, with investor demand pushing the price range to the top of the bookbuilding range.
  • Finland Enskilda Securities has completed an Eu30m placement of shares in Sampo, the Finnish financial group. The 2.9m shares were offered at Eu10.20, only a small discount to the shares' previous close of Eu10.25. Yesterday (Thursday) the stock was trading up at Eu10.72. Investors in the issue were split between the US, UK and Finland.
  • * DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corp Guarantor: DaimlerChrysler AG
  • CIF Euromortgage, is set to become only the third issuer in the obligation foncière market when it launches its inaugural offering towards the end of June. CIF Euromortgage on Wednesday awarded BNP Paribas and Deutsche Bank the joint arranger mandate for its EuroMTN programme. The borrower is a Société de Crédit Foncier set up by Crédit Immobilier de France and a roadshow will accompany the deal.
  • * Allgemeine Hypothekenbank AG Rating: Aa1/AAA