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The recent surge in corporate bond issuance could fuel the return of liquidity to the high-grade corporate bond market, where trading volumes have dried up and bid/offer spreads remained wide for months.

Nancy Del Genio, managing director of loan sales at Deutsche Bank, left the bank last week to take time off and possibly pursue other business opportunities.

Nancy Del Genio, managing director of loan sales at Deutsche Bank, left the bank last week to take time off and possibly pursue other business opportunities.

Caribbean-based hedge funds are taking over demand for Treasuries as foreign central bank interest wanes.

European sovereigns are expected to ramp up sales of inflation-linked bonds referenced to domestic consumer price indices this year, according to sell-side analysts.

Frankfurt-based Cominvest Asset Management is looking to increase its investment-grade credit weighting by up to 5% or €3.5 billion in the coming months, according to Hans-Peter Rathjens, head of fixed income.

ING Financial Markets is expanding its fixed-income repo desk by recently hiring Richard Misiano and Alfonso Iervolino from Commerzbank Securities, according to Michael Baudo, global head of securities finance.

--Thimio Sotos, senior v.p. and treasuer of Jones Apparel Group, explaining the company's thought process on refinancing its existing $500 million credit.

Marty Fridson, ceo of independent junk research outfit FridsonVision, has launched a new distressed research service in collaboration with distressed advisor Gordian Group.

J.P. Morgan has started a new research publication which will provide trade recommendations across asset classes.

Sunita Ganapati, head of collateralized debt obligation research at Lehman Brothers and an Institutional Investor-ranked analyst, has left for a buy-side role at Wells Fargo.