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Reports that the city of Leipzig in Saxony, Germany will issue euro dominated bonds in 1999. Lead managers for the bond deal; Target investors; Offering of bonds in small denominations; Explanation of Brigitte Merouani, head of syndication at ABN Amro, on the idea behind the special printing and timing of the launch.

Reports that DePfa bank will follow Essenhyp in international Pfandbrief rush in Germany. Mortgage banks' capitalization on the demand for liquid triple-A product in the euro era; Pfandbrief market's chances of attracting an international audience.

Reports that Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank has closed oversubscribed the syndication for the project financing for Zellstoff und Papierfabrik Rosenthal GmbH & Co. in Germany. Participation fees offered to lead managers; Margin of the loan.

Looks at the performance of the Euro currency with the resignation of Germany's finance minister Oskar Lafontaine. Performance of Germany's stock market; Companies that have launched bond offering.

Reports on the international investors' positive outlook on the German stock market in April 1999 despite a disappointing response from the institutional investors. Information on Preussag's stock issue; Details on Agfa-Gevaert's stock offer; Other major stock deals in the market.

Reveals that Deutsche Bank has issued its third securitization loans to small and medium sized companies in Germany. Value of the loan released by the bank; Structure of the financing.

Provides information on companies in Germany planning to launch equity offering by autumn of 1999. Siemens company; Hoechst company; DaimlerChrysler company; Dasa company.

Reports that Commerzbank and HSBC Trinkaus launched a deal for German precious metals and coin producer Deutsche Nickel in August 1999. Information on the corporate debt market in Germany; Indications of the transaction; Value of the deal.

Reports the sale of convertible bonds in German company, Continental AG. Lead managers of the deal; Features of the bond deal; Barclays Capital's exchangeable offering of bonds; Caution on the nature of equity-linked debt markets.

Reports that Rheinische Hypothekenbank launched a securitization of commercial mortgages in Europe in March 2000. Impact of the launching to mortgage banks in Germany; Amount of the securitization.

States that Germany's corporates are realizing that in order to raise successful bond issues they need the ratings agencies on their side. Internationalization of the German corporate bon market; Corporate bond issues of JM Voith AG and FAG Kugelfischer; Steps toward the capital markets.

Focuses on the implication of the success of the German UMTS auction to the credit facility market. Total amount of fund raised by the auction; Winners of the auction; Status of the spreads on telecommunication paper.

Announces the bond issue launched by German bathroom fittings manufacturer Grohe company. Response of the market to the offering; Credit rating of the offering; Terms of the deal; Lead managers for the deal.

Stresses the effects of the issuance volumes of the company Pfandbriefe on the financial services industry in Germany. Information on Pfandbriefe; Status of the funds market; Analysis of the status of the financial services industry.

Provides information on German companies which have launched bond offering denominated in euro as of February 2, 2001. Compagnie de Financement Foncier; Dexia Municipal Agency; Rheinboden Hypothekenbank AG; Value of the offerings; Lead managers of the offerings; Credit ratings of companies.

Details the bonds that Energie Baden-Wurttemberg, a utility company from Germany, plans to issue. Value of the bond offering; Expectations from investors; Credit rating of the company.

Reports on the inclusion of Eurohypo AG in the list of mortgage banking companies being considered by Commerzbank and Dresdner Bank for their merger negotiations in Germany, as of June 29, 2001. Background on the mortgage banking companies owned by Commerzbank; Cost advantages of the proposed merger; Implications of the merger for the German mortgage banking industry.

Interviews Frank Czichowski, head of capital markets at Kreditanstalt f uumi r Wiederaufbau, on the success of the agency to finance Deutsche Ausgleichsbank and Deutsche Entwicklungsgesellschaft. Details of two global bond issues by the agency in 2002; Amount needed for the overall funding program of Kreditanstalt; Factors that contributed to the success of the euro program of the agency.

Focuses on the criticisms about the issuance of German public sector covered bond Oumi ffentliche Pfanbriefe in 2001. Factors that affect the issuance of the bond; Reasons of financial executive Stefan Dreesbach for describing the global issuance of Pfandbriefe bond by DePfa as the outstanding deal in Germany in 2001; Cause of the slowdown of the issuance of Pfandbriefe bonds in mid-2001.

Reports on the plan of German utility EnBW to launch its debut benchmark bond in February 13, 2002.

Reports on the addition of high-yield bonds to corporate refinancing by German bakery Kamps. Use of the bond proceeds; Aim of the refinancing; Lead managers for the transaction.

Reports on the launch of a two-tranche bond by Land Berlin on April 29, 2002. Demand for the bond; Credit rating of the company from Fitch; Point of comparison for the bond in terms of pricing; Lead managers for the bond transaction.

Focuses on the launching of bond issues by the Pfandbrief Bank International in Germany in May 2002. Estimates on the price of the issue; Information on the downgrading of Hypothekenpfandbriefe bonds from Allgemeine HypothekenBank Rheinboden by Moody; Sources of demands for the bond.

Focuses on the covered bonds issued by Dexia Municipal Agency (Dexia MA) and Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz in the German market. Price structure of the issuances; Distribution of the bonds; Importance of investor base for Dexia MA.

Reports on the preparations made by HVB Group to finance a Stendal pulp mill project in Germany as of September 13, 2002. Background on the project; Debt structure for the project; Sponsors of the project.

Reports on the Euro medium term notes (MTN) program and a Euro commercial paper (CP) facility of German drugs wholesaler Haniel. Arrangers of the facilities; Information on the old MTN facility; Dealers on the CP program.

Reports on the multicurrency EuroCP program issued by German firm Robert Bosch company as of October 11, 2002. Purpose of the EuroCP facility; Value of the Bosch commercial paper issue; Approach of Bosch with the EuroCP facility.

Reports on the success of the euro denominated benchmark program of Germany-based Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) in 2001. Reasons behind the success of KfW; Principles of the euro benchmark program; Details on the callable transactions of KfW; Amount of global dollar transactions of KfW.

Reports on the problems of the German Pfandbrief market. Background on the collapse of the stock markets; Information on the credit quality of issuers; Details on Depfa's global dollar bond.

Reports on the problems of Germany's state borrowers concerning tax revenues. Factors contributing to the problem; Details on the income and corporate tax reform in the country; Information on North Rhine-Westphalia, an issuer in the international capital market; Increase in the international issuance of Länder; Details of the rising interest in the euro market.

Focuses on debut borrowers in the corporate bond market in Germany in 2002. Reasons for the decline in debut issuance from corporate borrowers in the euro market in Europe; Increased interest in new credits; Debut issues of several companies.

Reports on the initiative launched by Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Bank and HypoVereinsbank in Germany which aims to securitize corporate loans by 2004. Amount of corporate loans the banks want to securitize; Weaknesses of the German banking system; Benefits of the initiative; Details on the initiative.

Reports on the deals made by several banks in Germany to market pfandbrief securities as of May 16, 2003. Terms and pricing of the five-year pfandbrief issue of Berlin Hannoversche Hypothekenbank (Berlin Hyp) through several banks in Germany; Performance of the two year pfandbrief deal of Berlin Hyp in the secondary market; Details of the investment plan Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank, which was detailed in March 2003; Increase in the mid-swaps issued by BayernLB.

Deals with the plan of Volkswagen AG to launch a syndicated loan deal as of May 23, 2003. Reason for the plan of the company; Germany companies that taped the syndicated loan market; Bankers that will be managing the deal for Volkswagen.

Reports on a corporate bond issued by German gas and engineering company Linde in June 2003. Structure of the deal; Views on the transaction; Information on the coupon carried by the bond.

Reports on the arrangement of a securitization for Bayer's German trade receivables by ABN Amro in July 2003. Plan for the deal; Structure of the receivables; Completion of a Swiss franc credit linked issue note by ABN Amro.

Provides information on the return of Germany-based Hypothekenbank in Essen to the jumbo Pfandbrief market with a global public sector deal. Actions taken by the bank to invite investors; Background of the bank; Price range and total value of the bond issue.

Presents information on the blowout five and ten year bonds issued by Germany-based Deutsche Telekom. List of investors that bought the bonds; Factors that lead to the high demand for the bonds; Implication of the volume of Treasury bonds for the issuance volume; Credit ratings given by Standard & poor and Moody's to the company.

Reports on the re-opening of the global dollar bond market by Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank in August 2003. Value of the bond transaction offered by Rentenbank; Response of the market to the bond issue; Support provided by the German government to the bank.

Reports on the second and last global dollar benchmark bond issued in September 2003 by KfW, the German public sector bank. Lead arrangers of the deal; Reception from the U.S. market; Initial price guidance; Price of the bonds.

Reports on the bonds raised by Deutsche Post, the German postal and logistics group, after the book was opened on October 20, 2003. Bookrunners of the deal; Purpose of the proceeds; Companies that bought most of the paper; Reason that Moody's has put the company on negative outlook.

Reports that the German bank HVB has established a bond Euro asset backed commercial paper program called Salome. Estimated size of the tranche; Maturity of the currencies to be issued by HVB; Expection of bankers on the demand for the program.

Assesses the strength of the demand for corporate bonds in Germany as of October 2003. Popularity of corporate bonds with investors; Demand for the corporate bond launched by Volkswagen; Price of the corporate transaction launched by BMW; Challenge posed by the development of debt capital markets for second and third tier companies; Problem faced by the bond market.

Reports on the renaissance experienced by Germany's financial institutions in terms of investor sentiment and spread performance in 2003. Commitment of banks to asset liability; Difference between the Japanese and German banking systems; Challenges faced by German banks; Assessment of the performance of several banks.

Reports on the readiness of Germany's Pfandbrief market to regain its status as the top European covered bond market as of October 2003. Contribution of the German economic recovery to the recovery of the bond market; Attitude of investors toward the market; Amendment to the German Mortgage Banking Act.

Reports on the revival of the leveraged finance market in Germany as of October 2003. List of foreign banks that have focused intensively on the potential in the German leveraged finance market; Reasons behind the popularity of the market with leveraged finance teams; Sources of deal activity.

Reports on the quarrel between Landesbanks of Germany and Standard & Poor's over the later's plan to announce a hypothetical credit rating for the former as of November 21, 2003. Reason for the plan of Standard & Poor's; Current credit rating of Landesbanks from Moody's Investors Service; Reason of Landesbanks for its opposition to the plan of Standard & Poor's.

Reports on the net loss posted by Commerzbank in Germany, as of 2003. Remarks from Commerzbank Chairman Klaus-Peter Müller on the solution to be taken by the bank; Reasons for the losses experienced by the bank; Banks which are potential bidders in acquiring Commerzbank.

Reports on the stocks sold by RWE to Hochtief in Germany through a combined equity and equity-linked placement. Banks that led the deal; Impact of the successful completion of the bond on the equity issue of the two companies; Price of the shares issued by RWE.

Reports on the exchangeable bond issued by the Ruhr valley industrial town of Gelsenkirchen in Germany to investors, after selling an exhangeable bond into the shares of German utility RWE in 2004. Price range of the bond; Views of convertible bond analysts on the price of the bond deal; Features of the bond deal.