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Barclays Capital has structured an investment product linked to the European Public Real Estate Association index and the FTSE 100.

Calyon has tapped Winston Quek, head of financial market sales for Southeast Asia at Royal Bank of Scotland in Singapore.

Barclays Bank has structured its first synthetic collateralized loan obligation to hedge a portfolio of loans it holds on balance sheet.

The Committee Of European Securities Regulators has told dealers at an open hearing it will delay deciding whether hedge fund index-linked products are eligible assets in certain retail funds.

Eurohypo is readying a pair of property derivative trades in which two matched counterparties will swap the U.K. Investment Property Index for returns over LIBOR.

The possibility of rate hikes from the European Central Bank and cuts by the Federal Reserve sparked a battle between the euro and U.S. dollar last week.

There was active buying and selling of protection on General Motors Acceptance Corp. last week after parent General Motors Corp. announced a sweeping restructuring plan.

ING Financial Markets is road showing a EUR100 million (USD117 million) emerging market collateralized debt obligation.

International Accounting Standards are expected to cause Asian corporates to slacken off on hedging strategies considerably next year.

Walter Gontarek, a stalwart of the credit derivatives market and formerly global head of structured products marketing at RBC Capital Markets in London, is planning to launch a credit derivatives business.

The widening spread between credit default swaps on asset-backed securities and cash ABS bonds could be a boost for synthetic structured finance collateralized debt obligations, especially those backed by mezzanine home equity ABS.