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* General Motors Acceptance Corp of Canada Ltd Guarantor: General Motors Acceptance Corp

Coface's internet business became the main attraction for investors with the Eu169m IPO closing 22 times covered in the institutional tranche and soaring 57% on its first day of trading. Following massive demand, bookrunner BNP Paribas closed the deal for most markets at the end of last week but the roadshow continued until Tuesday to allow Swiss, German and Italian investors a chance to place orders.

Ceska Sporitelna will sign a resoundingly successful loan facility today (Friday), with joint arrangers Bankgesellschaft Berlin/ Zivnostenská-Banka, Commerzbank (books), DG Bank, Erste Bank, RZB Austria (books) and Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank. The deal was launched at Eu50m and raised more than Eu110m in syndication. Despite this oversubscription of more than 100%, the borrower only chose to increase the deal to Eu65m, so lenders have been heavily scaled back.

Hungary The $30m one year term loan for General Banking and Trust has signed, after being increased to $40m. The deal was arranged and underwritten by Chase Manhattan (bookrunner), National Savings and Commercial Bank (OTP) (regional co-ordinator) and Standard Bank London (documentation and facility agent).

* Autostrada Torino-Milano Amount: Eu120m

* Abbey National Treasury International Ltd Guarantor: Abbey National plc

Dresdner Kleinwort Benson will begin roadshows today (Friday) for a £140m securitisation of revenues from 689 pubs owned by Avebury Taverns Ltd. Avebury was formed by Daiwa Europe's principal finance group in November 1997 to acquire small batches of pubs and build a large portfolio. Last August funds advised by Cabot Square Capital, the London based principal finance investment adviser, acquired a majority stake in the company after Daiwa decided to abandon principal finance. Some of Avebury's senior managers hold minority stakes.

* ING Barings has executed a private securitisation of trade receivables for Asia Pulp and Paper. The Singapore and Indonesia based paper company has made repeated use of asset backed finance, through both trade receivables deals and inventory financings. * Société Générale is set to launch a securitisation of equipment loans and leases for its affiliate Korea French Banking Corp.