The arranged marriage

"You want to make sure your leads are awake, sweating at night, and we knew they would be." This was how Mark Cutis, treasurer of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) justified picking a decidedly odd couple of banks to launch its benchmark foray into five-year Deutschmarks, its first benchmark for two years. By Steve Irvine.

Issuer: EBRD
Amount: Dm1 billion

Maturity: 5 years

Launched: Monday January 29

Lead managers: BZW, Nomura

“You want to make sure your leads are awake, sweating at night, and we knew they would be.” This was how Mark Cutis, treasurer of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) justified picking a decidedly odd couple of banks to launch its benchmark foray into five-year Deutschmarks, its first benchmark for two years. As speculation grew about the EBRD move, few expected the names of BZW and Nomura, houses with little Deutschmark track record, to appear together on the winning ticket.

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