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Eksport Kredit Fonden, the Danish export credit agency, is searching for potential counterparties for a credit swap.

Singapore banking giant DBS is looking to increase its presence in the regional credit market this year and plans to become a market-maker in the Dow Jones iTraxx Asia credit derivatives index.

Credit derivative traders in Asia are eyeing a 10-year instrument for the nascent Dow Jones iTraxx Asia index this quarter.

The foreign exchange options market was taken by surprise last week after the U.S. dollar gains against the euro triggered demand for options.

The Committee of European Securities Regulators plans to review the use of hedge fund-linked products as assets in funds within the undertaking for collective investments in transferable securities framework.

U.K. equity derivatives officials are concerned the London Stock Exchange may call for increased disclosure from banks and market makers who sell stock short, a move that would threaten equity derivatives desks, which often short to hedge over-the-counter options.

DB Advisors' global statistical arbitrage team in London is leaving to start its own firm and is prepping two funds it will launch with a total of $500 million.

JPMorgan plans to start marketing retail structured products in Singapore after the success of its first hybrid structured note for Hong Kong-based retail investors.

--Craig Goldblatt, a partner with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in Washington, D.C., explaining the possible impact if a pending court decision about equity swaps comes out in favor of Enron.

Macquarie Bank is preparing to start offering its Australian retail clients contracts for difference on equity.

Nomura Securities has recruited Adam Durran, credit derivatives trader at Calyon in Tokyo, for its credit structuring desk in Tokyo.