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  • Ares Capital is close to acquiring a $150 million portfolio of senior secured loans, mezzanine debt and equity investments in CDOs from Royal Bank of Canada.
  • MGM Mirage is launching a massive $6 billion loan this week to back its acquisition of Mandalay Resort Group, tapping into an extraordinarily liquid bank market.
  • Royal Bank of Scotland has hired three fixed-income salesmen for its Frankfurt office, bringing the team to five professionals in an effort to enhance distribution to German investors.
  • Goldman Sachs is in the market with a $215 million recap for Berkline/BenchCraft that will pay a dividend to Code Hennessy & Simmons.
  • Investors are weighing two satellite deals, contrasting the conservative financing being pitched to back The Blackstone Group's $956 million acquisition of New Skies Satellites to PanAmSat Corp.'s more risky credit profile.
  • Wachovia Securities is gunning for top spots in the loan and high-yield business, pinpointing financial sponsors as the key to its growth.
  • J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank last week opened the books on a $2.322 billion credit for Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. that is expected to capture the attention of most of the institutional investor base.
  • Wellspring Capital Management portfolio company JW Aluminum Co. is taking out its expensive mezzanine debt with lower cost bank debt led by Credit Suisse First Boston.
  • Sensus Metering Systems is refinancing its $230 million "B" loan and will cut the spread by 50 basis points to LIBOR plus 3%.