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  • Mark Wirth, a former fixed-income portfolio manager at Northern Trust, has joined Freddie Mac in McLean, Va.
  • LifePoint Hospitals has tapped Citigroup to lead the financing backing its $1.7 billion acquisition of Province Healthcare Co. because of Citi's strength in banking and strong healthcare group, according to Michael Culotta, LifePoint's senior v.p. and cfo.
  • NDCHealth Corp. has amended its credit facility to avoid potential covenant violations after sales declined by 3% to $111 million for the last quarter and EBITDA margins fell to approximately 20% in the quarter from about 30% in most quarters over the past two years.
  • Following a meeting of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), U.S. loan participations likely will continue to receive sales accounting treatment under amended FAS 140 so long as the transfer constitutes a “true sale.”
  • BlueBay Asset Management has hired Anthony Robertson, senior v.p. and high-yield portfolio manager at Putnam Investments in London, as senior portfolio manager and co-head of high-yield.
  • Investors are pulling together to push back aggressive repricings or are trying to find a middle ground with issuers who have been the beneficiaries of a super-hot market.
  • It pays to be in distress.
  • The recent decline in the yield of the benchmark 10-year Treasury note is leading previously skeptical high-yield issuers to take a second look at the market and consider issuing bonds in the coming five months, according to capital markets heads.
  • Bank of America landed the lead spot on Denny's Corp.'s new credit by being competitive and offering the best deal, according to Ken Jones, Denny's v.p. and treasurer.