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Leeds & Holbeck, a U.K. thrift based in Leeds, is considering expanding its investment product range to include a multi-asset class note.

Michael Drexler, an analyst in the collateralized debt obligation group with Standard & Poor's in New York, will be joining ABN AMRO as v.p. next month.

Skandia Investment Management is considering launching a retail fund which may use derivatives to offer investors exposure to a basket of mutual funds.

Barclays Capital in New York has doubled the size of its CDO team, hiring seven staffers from Credit Suisse First Boston.

Anticipation is building for Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's biannual Humphrey-Hawkins testimony to Congress, which is set for this week.

The bank debt for Boston Generating has powered up to 138-142, more than double the price offered a year ago.

Highland Capital Management has teamed up with CDC IXIS Capital Markets on a $700 million collateralized loan obligation called Jasper CLO that enables the manager to extend the life of the deal.

BNP Paribas Asset Management in Paris has hired Alain Krief, head of high-yield fund management at Crédit Agricole Asset Management in Paris.

Better exit options for deal sponsors and an unwelcoming high-yield bond market helped make the first six months of 2005 the busiest for lenders dealing in the sponsored finance market.

German furniture maker Schieder Moebel Holding and lead managers Citigroup and WestLB yanked a planned €145 European high-yield offering last week.

-- Chuck Frank, v.p. and senior portfolio manager at S&T Wealth Management Group, on how Treasuries do not offer enough yield to make them attractive for his portfolio.

Investec is setting up a team to invest in European structured finance assets and hired Andy Clapham, the former head of securitization at Bear Stearns in London, to spearhead the effort.