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Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Barclays and Deutsche are due to sign the $6bn credit facility for Pearson today (Friday). The loan -- which backs Pearson Plc's bid with Hicks, Muse, Tate & Frustra for Simon & Schuster, the US media firm that specialises in educational literature and is being sold by Viacom -- was well received in the various stages of syndication. The package consists of a $1.5bn 364 day facility, a $2bn five year revolver and a $2.5bn five year term loan.

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DEUTSCHE Bank, arranger of the £550m facility for Yorkshire Power, has told co-arrangers that the loan is taking longer than expected in general syndication as a result of the summer holiday season. According to several co-arrangers, Deutsche sent through a fax earlier this week, in an effort to allay fears that the deal was struggling in syndication.

Pfandbriefe/domestic issuance: * Berlin-Hannoverische Hypothekenbank

Russia * Swedish Export Credit

* Caisse d'Amortissement de la Dette Sociale -- Cades Rating: Aaa/AAA

ENSKILDA, the investment banking arm of SE Banken, has scored a coup with the hire of three executives from its regional competitor Alfred Berg. Per-Anders Ovin will be appointed new global head of equities, a role which will encompass research, trading and distribution. Henric Falkenberg will head up the firm's equity operation in Stockholm. Bjoern Jansson will become global head of equity research.

WARBURG Dillon Read has been appointed global co-ordinator for the $400m sale of Neopost, the world's second largest manufacturer of franking machines. The company will be floated on the Paris market in September in what will be one of the largest corporate deals in the French equity markets over the next few months. New issue activity in the third and fourth quarter will be dominated by the government's privatisation programme. But investors will also have their pick of privately owned equity through sales such as Neopost.

* Merrill Lynch & Co Rating: Aa3/AA-

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* Deutsche Bank -- DB Ireland plc Guarantor: Deutsche Bank AG

India The mandate for the $75m yen equivalent refinancing for Indian Railway Finance Corporation looks set to be awarded to the joint bid by ABN Amro and State Bank of India. The debt will refinance an Asian Development Bank loan. Pricing is expected to be around 200bp over Libor.