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Frankfurt-based Deka Investment is looking to put money to work in liquid triple-A asset and mortgage-backed securities.

John Sheehan has headed to the door at RBS Greenwich and will resurface at Credit Suisse First Boston.

Investors are pushing back against General Growth Properties' attempt to reprice its $2 billion "B" loan.

The bond market nearly doubled the chances of a 3.75% year-end Federal funds rate after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's congressional testimony last week.

A trade group representing corporate finance professionals is pressing the Securities and Exchange Commission to amend its proposed definition of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs) and increase oversight of the agencies.

The $165 million second-lien loan for Meridian Automotive Systems continued to get hammered last week after a lender call revealed weaker financials.

First Source Investment Advisors is considering moving up to $100 million from asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities into credit.

Flush with cash and primed for buyouts, middle-market private equity firms are being offered loans with pricing and terms not seen since 1999.

Osprey Group Asset Management is planning to launch a distressed fund sometime in the next month.

Paul Aran, v.p. and senior analyst at Moody's Investors Service, commenting on Atrium Companies.

--Joe Cafiero, president of CREMAC, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based asset manager that is ramping up assets for its debut collateralized debt obligation.