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  • WITH only two deals closing in Kazakhstan so far this year, compared with nine in 1997, observers might assume that lenders have pulled back from the country.
  • Argentina Chase Securities Inc, Citicorp, Dresdner Bank Luxembourg and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya have been joined by a fifth arranger, Deutsche Bank, on their three-year loan-style FRN for Telefónica de Argentina SA (TASA).
  • KAZAKHSTAN's largest private sector bank, Kazkommertsbank, this week became the first financial institution from the central Asian republic to launch an international bond. The B2/B+/B+ rated issuer launched a well received $100m three year Euro/144A offering via its Dutch registered financing vehicle, Kazkommerts International BV.
  • French investors' sudden desire to increase their investments in spread product, a trend sparked by the decline in interest rates last year, could not have come at a better time for the country's banks. Many of them are undercapitalised and desperately need to lift BIS ratios that have been depressed by loan write-offs in Asia and at home.
  • Since Thailand's downturn became a crisis last year, depositors have indulged in a flight to quality.
  • The past 15 months have been a glorious period for debt syndicate officials in France as the approach of Emu has propelled new issue volumes in French francs to record highs.
  • France's medium and small companies sector makes a refreshing change for anyone inured to the complacency and stagnation that until recently typified most large French firms.
  • The merger last summer of Banque Française du Commerce Extérieur and Crédit National robbed the Euromarkets of two of the most frequent issuers from France and a pair of names that were highly regarded by investors.
  • Wall Street underwent a rollercoaster ride this week - dropping by 150 points on Monday as fears of an interest rate rise spread, only to rebound back above the 9,000 level by the end of trading yesterday (Thursday). Bankers say sentiment is still bullish, although volatility looks set to become an ever larger feature in the weeks ahead, and that the broad strength of the market bodes well for the large volume of new issues that are on the way.
  • * JP Morgan and Paribas will roadshow the Eu400m five to seven year debut euro offering for the Republic of Slovenia in Paris, Frankfurt, Milan and London in the first half of the week beginning May 11. Launch is expected shortly thereafter. Slovenia - central and eastern Europe's top rated sovereign at A3/A/A- - is widely expected to set a benchmark low for an emerging market credit in the burgeoning euro denominated bond markets.
  • * Telefónica de España's capital increase is progressing well and should be completed well oversubscribed in the next two weeks, according to salesmen involved in the deal. They said that the attraction of the company was lifted by the announcement this week that it had hired Bankers Trust to advise on a possible spin-off of its property arm into a separate company with assets of Pta420bn to Pta480bn. That would allow Telefonica to redeploy its capital into core businesses.
  • * Bankers Trust has completed its acquisition of NatWest Market's European cash equities business and the Wood Mackenzie consulting business. The acquisition marks the launch of BT Alex Brown International, a division of Bankers Trust International. The new division will work with BT Alex Brown in the US to provide a global investment banking service.