Credit Suisse First Boston acted as lead manager on five consolidation loan offerings issued by SLM Student Loan Trust
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Equity-linked
February 3, 2004Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan were co-leaders of Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau’s E5bn convertible bond into Deutsche Telekom shares
Securitisation
February 3, 2004Nomura arranged a ticket receivables securitisation for Korean Air Lines
Best loan deal of the year
February 3, 2004HSBC, Bank of America, BNP Paribas, Lloyds TSB and RBS were mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners for Cadbury Schweppes’ $6.1bn syndicated revolving credit facilities
Best rights issue
February 3, 2004Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and UBS were joint global co-ordinators for Allianz AG’s E4.5bn rights issue
Best overall
February 3, 2004Credit 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
Runner-up (Telecoms)
February 3, 2004JP Morgan advised Olivetti on its merger with Telecom Italia, which was advised by Lazard and Goldman Sachs
Runner-up (Energy)
February 3, 2004Merrill Lynch, United Financial Group and Morgan Stanley were lead advisers to BP in its $6.15bn acquisition of a 50% stake in TNK/Sidanco