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Deutsche Bank and ZAIS Group, a USD8 billion collateralized debt obligation manager, have launched a deal referencing vintage asset-backed securities through pay-as-you-go credit-default swaps.

Credit structurers in Asia have noted an upswing in interest for equity tranches in synthetic CDO transactions as valuations have become relatively more attractive.

French regulator the Authorité des Marchés Financiers has issued additional disclosure requirements for structured investments' advertising material, even if the products have already been approved in other E.U. jurisdictions.

Goldman Sachs has made a pair of hires to boost its fixed- income marketing desk in Hong Kong.

ING Wholesale Banking has reeled in Terence Yiu, chief dealer in global fx options at ABN AMRO in Singapore.

JPMorgan Asset Management is launching a collateralized debt obligation business in Europe.

Market officials expect the Korean retail market to open to credit-linked products in the coming months, on the back of regulatory changes.

The over-the-counter derivatives market in Japan held strong last week, in spite of an equity selloff which forced the Tokyo Stock Exchange to close early Wednesday.

The price of protection on Dutch media and entertainment group VNU blew out more than 20 basis points last week after a consortium of private equity firms launched a bid for the company.

London-based North Asset Management is considering launching a managed, capital-protected single-tranche collateralized debt obligation.

Roman Lutz, responsible for equity derivative sales to Switzerland and Germany at Morgan Stanley in London, has left the firm.