The following is a press release from Moody's Investors Service:
Moody's Affirms Prime-1 Rating Of Cp Issued By Ikb's Rhineland Funding CapitalCorporation
Approximately
KfW have become party to the liquidity agreements with the respectivepurchasing vehicles of the Rhineland conduit by way of novation, therebyreplacing IKB as a party to the liquidity agreements.
Rhineland has ABCP outstanding of close to
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