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Telecom Italia has become the latest corporate to enter the loan market, following a busy year in 2004 that saw companies like Celanese, Vaillant and Wynn Resorts take advantage of falling fees and margins. The Italian telecoms operator is set to increase its debt to ?44 billion ($59.3 billion) in order to acquire the 44% it does not already own of Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM), its mobile phone arm. The offer, announced in December, is worth ?5.60 per share and is being funded by ?12 billion of loans in three repayment tranches, at 12, 36 and 60 months.

Burnt in recent equity market sell-offs, high-net-worth investors are clamouring for investment products that will preserve their capital. But private bank advisers are on the whole unconvinced that structured products, outside of limited use for tactical asset allocations, offer adequate returns or are sufficiently cheap and transparent to recommend to their clients. Helen Avery reports.

Return to UBS tops private banking poll

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Coming soon - Private Banking Survey 2006

Return to UBS tops private banking poll

Many companies still play the game of regularly guiding market expectations for earnings to a level that they then proceed to beat. They should watch their language

Research into broker execution quality in the US cash equities market by Celent, a technology research consultancy, has produced some damning results.

Back to Time for a reality check

Back to Time for reality check

Investors like growth and they like dividends. So why isn't Vodafone on a premium rating?