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Bahrain Arab Banking Corporation has signed its $400m bullet five year term loan, after increasing the total from $300m.

Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and CA IB were forced to scale down Lietuvos Telekomas' $160m IPO this week citing poor international appetite for telecom stocks despite the recovery in sentiment toward the sector in recent weeks. The Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) were priced at $7.875 from a range of $7.50-$9.50 with each representing 10 shares. The offer was originally intended to sell 35% of the government's stake in the national fixed line operator. In the event, just 25% was sold in the first major privatisation from Lithuania.

Bankers at Deutsche Bank and ING Barings are confident that the $330m IPO of Mobile Tele-Systems (MTS) will be a success, despite concerns over valuation. A price range of $19-$22 has been set for the 15.01m ADS sale (with each ADS representing 20 shares) and MTS will list on the New York Stock Exchange on June 30. Pricing and allocation will be on June 26 and there is a 15% greenshoe.

Neuer Markt in brief * Gontard & Metallbank will bring media company IN-motion to the Neuer Markt next week with a Eu74m-Eu84m IPO.

Nomura International's principal finance group has opened a full German branch and hired David Pascall, a former senior manager at British Petroleum, to head it. Guy Hands, head of the principal finance group, has long hoped to replicate the group's UK success in Germany, and Nomura has had a presence in Düsseldorf since 1998 through Deutsche Annington Immobilien, a branch of its Annington Homes business.

Croatia The Republic of Croatia is looking to launch its ¥30bn seven year Samurai deal via Daiwa SBCM shortly after the June 20 presentation in Tokyo. The deal is likely to have a coupon of between 3% and 3.5%.

Finland Unified messaging systems provider Tecnomen will raise Eu91m-Eu119m with an IPO which will list on the Helsinki Stock Exchange on July 4. The offer of 14m shares consists of 7.3m new shares, with 5m sold by parent company Kyro, and a greenshoe of 1.7m primary shares.

Market report: Compiled by Glenn Blackley, RBC DS Global Markets, Australia. Tel: +61 2 9373 0431

THE Department of Finance of the Republic of the Philippines and Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) plan to raise yen denominated bonds, as global market volatility continues to leave the euro and dollar bond markets unappealing for issuers. The potential borrowers said the relative stability of the yen market had heavily influenced their decision to finance through yen.

Punch Group, the UK’s largest pub company, pulled off a corporate financing triumph this week by refinancing its acquisition of pubs from Allied Domecq with a £1.484bn securitisation that is by far the largest packaging of operating business cashflows.

Lehman Brothers launched the $640m government selldown of Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen (PKN) shares this week in a move which bankers hope will spark renewed interest in the company, which has become increasingly undervalued compared to its peers since its IPO. Analysts said that despite earnings upgrades in its core business and the surging valuations of its cellular business, the stock is just 5% above its IPO price.

THE REPUBLIC of Colombia successfully increased its debut euro transaction from Eu200m to Eu300m this week, as European retail drawn to the 11% coupon on offer poured into the issue. Colombia has in the past struggled to attract retail, partly because its history as an investment grade credit has led it to insist on offering yields lower than other Latin American sovereigns.