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--Alla Zaydman, director in Fitch Ratings credit products group, on why managers are looking to the middle-market CLO business.

The following charts show the top five advancers and decliners in terms of % moves in the loan, bond and credit default swap markets for the previous week.

This chart, provided by Citigroup Global Markets, tracks bid-ask prices for par credit facilities that trade in the secondary market. It also tracks facility amounts, ratings, pricing and maturities.

ABN AMRO has hired Patrick Mattar as a director in equity derivative sales in London.

Northcross Capital, a U.K. structured products investment manager which launched operations in May last year, is considering using credit derivatives to hedge a pipeline of ABS CDOs.

U.S. lawyers and dealers preparing a cash-settlement protocol for credit events on index-referenced contracts say greater involvement is needed by European dealers.

Fears last May's credit correlation crisis would mean meager bonuses have proved unfounded at the firms that have announced check sizes.

Strong growth is expected for equity-linked deposits in China this year, in part because of prodding encouragement by local regulators keen to develop the mainland market.

In June 2005, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association published two template confirmations for credit-default swaps on asset-backed securities:

The iTraxx and CDX Crossover credit indices will outperform their investment-grade counterparts over the next few months as they are less exposed to a rise in corporate event risk.

Collared accelerated share repurchase plans are finding increasing favor with cash-rich companies.