B of A Waives Assignment Fees

Bank of America is waiving assignment fees for lenders and agents trading B of A-led loans.

31 Jan 2006

Morgan Stanley Loses Two Marketers

31 Jan 2006

BofA Nabs Ex-Merrill Credit Structurer

31 Jan 2006

Bear Stearns Trading Exec Quits

A managing director in proprietary credit trading has left Bear Stearns.

31 Jan 2006

JPMorgan Announces Internal Reorg

30 Jan 2006

Slovenia

27 Jan 2006

JPMorgan's Competitive Bidding Wins Schulman Financing

Competitive pricing helped JPMorgan win the lead on $350 million in senior secured credit facilities for A. Schulman, a supplier of plastic compounds and resins.

27 Jan 2006

Euro swaps curve steepens sharply as German auction flops

27 Jan 2006

QinetiQ sets high, broad IPO range despite NAO probe

27 Jan 2006

Mediobanca — Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA

27 Jan 2006

Natexis Banques Populaires SA

27 Jan 2006

General Electric Capital Corp

27 Jan 2006

ABS structured watchbox

27 Jan 2006

Singapore

27 Jan 2006

Synthetic Leveraged Loan CDOs Set To Take Off

Collateralized debt obligations with an underlying of credit-default swaps on leveraged loans are being structured by dealers keen to diversify underlying portfolios.

27 Jan 2006

Bookrunners of Asia Pacific (ex-japan and australasia) bonds in dollars, euros and yen — 2006 (January 25, 2006)

27 Jan 2006

Southern Pacific leads non-conforming mortgage pack

27 Jan 2006

Health Care Names Drop Following Proposed CMS Regulations

The debt of health care names dropped following proposed regulation by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to reduce Medicare reimbursement for long-term acute care hospitals in fiscal 2007.

27 Jan 2006

Mexico eyes European retail base through InterNotes

27 Jan 2006

MARKET NEWS

27 Jan 2006

Bookrunners of Asia Pacific (ex-japan and australasia) ECM issuance — 2006 (January 25, 2006)

27 Jan 2006

Italy

27 Jan 2006

Goldman Sachs Group Inc

27 Jan 2006

Banca Intesa SpA

27 Jan 2006

S&P second lien recovery ratings queried by bankers

27 Jan 2006

Synthetic Leveraged Loan CDOs Set To Take Off

Collateralized debt obligations with an underlying of credit-default swaps on leveraged loans are being structured by dealers keen to diversify underlying portfolios.

27 Jan 2006

CDS - Market CDS levels dip under weight of structured business

27 Jan 2006

UK - Wightlink Shipping

27 Jan 2006

Persimmon's $1.2bn acquisition facility for Westbury advances

27 Jan 2006

TRADING - Market News

27 Jan 2006

Malaysia

27 Jan 2006

BNL, Intesa, MS to market Patrimonio real estate CMBS

27 Jan 2006

Wild times for LatAm issuers as Uruguay, Telmex deals fly

27 Jan 2006

Bookrunners of all Singapore dollar bonds — 2006 (January 25, 2006)

27 Jan 2006

Cheyne Touts Long/Short Credit Fund Again

Cheyne Capital Management, the London-based credit fund manager with over USD27 billion under management, is marketing a second tap of the Cheyne Long/Short Structured Credit Fund.

27 Jan 2006

Deutsche plans 'double digit' team growth in Asian DCM

27 Jan 2006

Porsche motors ahead with record unrated transaction

27 Jan 2006

Bookrunners of all Thai baht bonds — 2006 (January 25, 2006)

27 Jan 2006

Bookrunners of all international euro frns — 2006 (January 26, 2006)

27 Jan 2006

Bookrunners of all European high yield bonds — 2006 (January 26, 2006)

27 Jan 2006

Bank of Moscow's $300m request adds to pile of Russian bank debt as lenders start to worry

27 Jan 2006

EEPK sells first 'covered bond squared'

27 Jan 2006

Oriental Republic of Uruguay

27 Jan 2006

Investors less than impressed by Poland's new benchmark

27 Jan 2006

Philippines

27 Jan 2006

Teléfonos de México SA de CV — Telmex

27 Jan 2006

BMW auto loan auction finds tight spreads in SA market

27 Jan 2006

Austria

27 Jan 2006

Fitch moves Kim Slawek for drive into credit default swaps

27 Jan 2006

Bookrunners of all Tier one capital issuance — 2006

27 Jan 2006

Taiwan

27 Jan 2006

Hedge funds set trap for French road buyers

The winning bidders set to acquire three French motorway companies from the government could be held to ransom by hedge funds, which have bought small stakes in the companies.

27 Jan 2006

France

27 Jan 2006

Deutsche Telekom International Finance

27 Jan 2006

South Africa

27 Jan 2006

Bookrunners of Asia Pacific equity capital markets issuance — 2006 (January 25, 2006)

27 Jan 2006

Moody's seals Czech deal

27 Jan 2006

Sri Lanka set for $100m bond led by Citi

The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is planning to tap the international bond market for only the second time with a $100m five year transaction, EuroWeek has learned.

27 Jan 2006

Asia Pacific Securitisations, January 18 – 25, 2006

27 Jan 2006

Reported Shakeup At JPMorgan

27 Jan 2006

CareMore Deal Launches

GE Capital and Bank of America last Thursday launched syndication of $150 million in loans to back a leveraged buyout of CareMore Medical Enterprises by JPMorgan Partners.

27 Jan 2006

Barclays Equity Head Leaves

Barclays Capital's Kurt Finkbeiner, director and Asian head of equity derivatives in Hong Kong, has left the firm.

27 Jan 2006

Bookrunners of all Dollar frns — 2006 (January 26, 2006)

27 Jan 2006

BTA returns but Islamic deals delayed

27 Jan 2006

DWS Re-Opens Investment-Grade CDO

DWS Investments, the retail investment management arm of Deutsche Bank, has re-opened investment in a synthetic, investment grade collateralized debt obligation it closed last year.

27 Jan 2006

Alliance & Leicester plc

27 Jan 2006

Indonesia

27 Jan 2006

City jobs, applicant numbers to rise, but bonus levels disappoint

27 Jan 2006

UK Leveraged - Trinity Mirror

27 Jan 2006

HY Manager Looks For Predictable Cash Flow

Jayme Wiggins, portfolio manager at Intrepid Capital Management, a Jacksonville Beach, Fla.-based firm with $550 million in assets under management, is looking for high-yield bonds that offer predictable cash flow.

27 Jan 2006

Bond pipeline fills with Pakistan, Kexim, KDB

27 Jan 2006

Agriculture Next Up For Investment Products

Ulster Bank and Barclays Capital have launched investment notes linked to agriculture stocks and an index, respectively.

27 Jan 2006

Katonah To Enter Middle Market

Katonah Debt Advisors is preparing to launch a middle-market fund and the firm is currently interviewing a candidate to serve as the portfolio manager, said Chris Lacovara, a principal at Kohlberg & Co., which owns Katonah.

27 Jan 2006

Bookrunners of all international subordinated issues for financial institutions — 2006 (January 26, 2006)

27 Jan 2006

Aareal makes stylish jumbo debut as long demand wanes

27 Jan 2006

ABX Launch Prompts Dispersion, Arbitrage Trading

This month's introduction of a tradable index for synthetic home-equity asset-backed securities has brought new long-short arbitrage strategies for hedge funds and prop desks.

27 Jan 2006

Debenhams, Sanitec paper in demand as market cools

27 Jan 2006

Lenovo opens keenly priced refinance deal

27 Jan 2006

UK - Carillion

27 Jan 2006

Turkey

27 Jan 2006

WestLB Hires Emerging Markets Head

WestLB has hired Pablo Gradwohl from Bank of New York, where he was head of emerging markets trading, to focus on Latin American credits.

27 Jan 2006

ISDA To Create Settlement Alternative Docs

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has retained Sidley Austin as counsel and adviser to create documentation on alternative settlement procedures for loans as deliverable obligations.

27 Jan 2006

AMBB Capital (L) Ltd

27 Jan 2006

C&M Finance Ltd

27 Jan 2006

Nomura, Mediobanca ready Eu1.8bn principal package

27 Jan 2006

International Specialty Conjures Up Credit

ISP Chemco, a subsidiary of International Specialty Holdings, is in the market with a proposed $1.15 billion credit facility.

27 Jan 2006

At-market rights issue gives Erste Eu2.7bn hit with buyers

27 Jan 2006

Kommunalbanken AS

27 Jan 2006

Thailand

27 Jan 2006

Rabobank Nederland

27 Jan 2006

Swiss Re To Expand U.S. Derivatives Trading

Swiss Re Capital Management and Advisory will hire several traders in the coming months for its U.S. weather and environment-linked commodities business.

27 Jan 2006

Sedgwick Seeks Facility

Sedgwick CMS Holdings is expected to enter into a $340 million senior secured credit facility with Banc of America Securities.

27 Jan 2006

Peel Holdings sells reserve notes from Trafford Centre tap, saves money and finds new investors

27 Jan 2006

Bookrunners of all international Euro denominated bonds for corporates — 2006 (January 26, 2006)

27 Jan 2006

Denmark

27 Jan 2006

SMFG's $4.9bn share sale flies

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group sailed through a choppy Japanese stock market on Monday to price its ¥559.78bn ($4.86bn) share offer comfortably oversubscribed.

27 Jan 2006

Bookrunners of all Malaysian ringgit bonds — 2006 (January 25, 2006)

27 Jan 2006

Dexia Municipal Agency

27 Jan 2006

Nigeria

27 Jan 2006

Germany

27 Jan 2006