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  • THE ATTRACTION of the telecom sector in developed economies at a time of market turmoil has been underlined by the strong response to the Finnish government's privatisation of national operator Sonera. Led by Merrill Lynch and Merita, the offering has already drawn widespread and enthusiastic demand from Finland, the Nordic region and the rest of the world -- with another week of bookbuilding still to go ahead of pricing.
  • * KfW International Finance Guarantor: Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau
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  • Asset backed securities: * Bancaja 2 Fondo de Titulización Hipotecaria
  • US ISSUERS flooded the bond markets this week to take advantage of an extraordinary turnaround in investor appetite that enabled more than $10bn of deals to be priced by Thursday. Not only were Canada and Associates Corp able to issue their respective $2.5bn and $4.8bn jumbo global bonds -- the US high yield new issue market also received a boost.
  • BOND markets this week continued their gradual recovery as no bad news emerged and investors proved eager to buy for the first time in months. The continued stability in world stockmarkets provided further relief for debt markets, although questions still remain over Brazil's fiscal plans, Russian president Yeltsin's health and China's economy.
  • * Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA
  • SWEDISH Match, a tobacco and smoking accessories company, has mandated ABN Amro to establish a Eu500m global MTN programme. Dealers for the programme, which will be signed on November 19, are ABN Amro, Deutsche Bank, HSBC Markets, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch and Nomura. The company does not intend to launch an inaugural bond immediately.
  • * L-Bank Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA
  • A SEVEN year battle between bankers and bank regulators came to an end this week when the Basle Committee finally bowed to market pressure and announced it would accept certain types of synthetic hybrid instruments as tier one capital. After intense lobbying on the part of banks and underwriters, the BIS said it would consider it acceptable for banks to issue certain "innovative capital instruments" via special purpose vehicles, to create a more cost effective, tax deductible tier one capital.
  • ROBERT Fleming and German software services company Articon put the fizz back into Neuer Markt listings in Germany this week with a hugely successful IPO. Although relatively small at DM30m, the strong debut enjoyed by the company has restored some of the effervescence to Germany's previously bubbling second stockmarket -- and led bankers to hope that the recent hiatus in new issues might be at an end.
  • A SEVEN year battle between bankers and bank regulators came to an end this week when the Basle Committee finally bowed to market pressure and announced it would accept certain types of synthetic hybrid instruments as tier one capital.