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  • For the first time, International Financial Law Review has identified the leading firms in the Yankee bond market. Meanwhile, Linklaters continues to dominate the Eurobond market. Richard Forster and Samantha Wigham report
  • Slovak bank Vseobecná úverová banka completed the first east European bank's issue of subordinated bonds to private investors.
  • Dunrobin Mining Company is the first company to complete a privately funded project financing of a mine in Zambia. NM Rothschild & Sons arranged the financing for the company, which is part of the Reunion mining group. The loan was made in gold, and can be converted into US$4.5 million. Dunrobin will repay the bank in gold. Rothschild used the company's mining licence as security.
  • Morgan Stanley & Co International has completed a US$1.55 billion multicurrency revolving securities repo facility agreement. Barclays Bank arranged the facility.
  • US utility Entergy Corporation has bid £1.26 billion (US$2.11 billion) for the UK's London Electricity.
  • Jane M Freeberg of Watson, Farley & Williams, New York, reports on the EU Regulation blocking compliance with US sanctions against firms trading with Cuba, Iran and Libya
  • Peter Erwe and Peter Waltz of Oppenhoff & Rädler, Frankfurt, report that investment firms from other EU member states can now take advantage of the single passport under the Investment Services Directive in spite of delays in its implementation into German law
  • Two sets of rules came into force in January to provide a legal and regulatory framework for a new collective investment vehicle. Tim Cornick of Macfarlanes, London, looks at the issues
  • The privatization of infrastructure in the Middle East is taking private sector developers, investors and governments into uncharted but potentially profitable territory. By Martin Amison of Trowers & Hamlins, London
  • The Turkish government has completed a US$630 million project financing of a power plant. The Marmara Ereglisi plant will supply power to utility Turkiye Elektrik Uretim ve Ticaret, under a 20-year agreement. The state gas company will supply natural gas. Financing is sponsored by a consortium of Enron Corporation and Wing International, the UK's Midlands Electricity, and Turkey's GAMA Endustri. Eximbank, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and the Republic of Turkey are arranging the financing with a consortium of international commercial banks. Bankers Trust Company, ABNAmro and Bayerische Landesbank Girozentrale were lead lenders for the project.