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This chart, provided by Citigroup Global Markets, tracks bid-ask prices for par credit facilities that trade in the secondary market.

* One credit investor suggested the annual gathering should be renamed the "Euromoney Credit Congress" to reflect the fact very few of the panels actually discussed traditional cash bonds and most focused on the structured credit market.

Jim Brewster, The Spiegel Group's cfo, on the company's reorganization plan.

Pension reforms in the U.K. and U.S. are likely to result in greater demand for highly rated paper at the long end of the curve and could encourage governments to issue more long-rated debt.

A new report from Wachovia Securities cites market opinion challenging the integrity of Standard & Poor's.

To complicate matters further, global growth remains unduly dependent on the United States and China, says IMF director de Rato

Convertible arbitrage funds have largely been flat over the past year with a lack of volatility hindering returns.

Barclays Capital has hired Laurent Ichard, head of equity derivatives sales to hedge funds at JPMorgan in London.

Omar Abukhadra, head of credit and equity at Calyon, has left the firm.

Calyon is bringing aboard a five-man team from Nikko Citigroup to boost its equity derivatives business in Japan.

Deutsche Bank has created a global cross-asset class sales team to market derivatives to retail and high-net-worth clients.