Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs were mandated to manage the inaugural transaction off the covered bonds programme of HBOS
Credit Suisse First Boston acted as lead manager on five consolidation loan offerings issued by SLM Student Loan Trust
Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan were co-leaders of Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau’s E5bn convertible bond into Deutsche Telekom shares
Nomura arranged a ticket receivables securitisation for Korean Air Lines
Merrill Lynch and UBS acted as bookrunners on Brazil’s $1bn global issue
HSBC, Bank of America, BNP Paribas, Lloyds TSB and RBS were mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners for Cadbury Schweppes’ $6.1bn syndicated revolving credit facilities
Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and UBS Warburg were mandated as lead advisers or managers to Chunghwa Telecom $1.58bn ADR IPO
Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and UBS were joint global co-ordinators for Allianz AG’s E4.5bn rights issue
Credit Suisse First Boston advised General Electric (GE)/NBC in the acquisition of Vivendi Universal Entertainment (VUE) from Vivendi Universal in a transaction that values VUE at $14bn
JP Morgan advised Olivetti on its merger with Telecom Italia, which was advised by Lazard and Goldman Sachs
Merrill Lynch, United Financial Group and Morgan Stanley were lead advisers to BP in its $6.15bn acquisition of a 50% stake in TNK/Sidanco
Goldman Sachs and CIBC World Markets advised Manulife in its acquisition of John Hancock Financial Services, which was advised by Lazards and Morgan Stanley
Merrill Lynch advised Neuberger Berman on its $2.8bn sale to Lehman Brothers
Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, Citigroup and OKO Bank joint lead managed the Republic of Finland’s E5bn benchmark bond
HSBC and Barclays Capital were joint bookrunners for SES Global’s $1bn and Ł28m private placement
HSBC was structure adviser and sole bookrunner to the Republic of the Philippines’ retail treasury bond issues.
Morgan Stanley and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein were joint lead managers and bookrunners for OAO Gazprom’s debut 144A $1.75bn transaction.
Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan were joint global co-ordinators and bookrunners on the Telkom IPO. African Harvest, Legae Securities, Standard Bank and Wipcapital completed the lead consortium.
Morgan Stanley and Samsung Securities acted as advisers to the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation on the sale of its 80.04% stake in Chohung Bank to Shinhan Financial Group.