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Over 100 investors and hedgers flocked to the Landmark Hotel in London last week for Euromoney's Credit Derivatives conference.

China could slow down the liberalization of its derivatives markets in the wake of an expected USD550 million loss in oil derivatives chalked up by a Singapore-based arm of a Chinese state company.

Singer & Friedlander has started to offer structured products to its high-net-worth clients.

Statement following meeting with Indonesian President Yudhoyono

Report suggests world economic growth will regain momentum in not-too-distant future.

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According to the World Bank's 2005 Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report developing countries will enjoy an average growth rate this year of 6.1 percent

Remarks by Rodrigo Rato

Aurora Capital Group has included a provision in K&F Industries' new credit facility that gives the sponsor the ability to restrict two investors from being able to participate in the credit, regardless of whether the company is in default.

The recent $13 billion increase in the Federal Reserve's custody holdings, which show the amount of U.S. securities the Fed holds for foreign buyers, could be the beginning of a trend in which Asian demand for U.S. assets creeps higher.

At least eight credit traders have recently left Citigroup to take similar roles at Barclays Capital in New York, according to fixed-income market participants.

The recent increase in the debt limit, marking the third such increase in President Bush's tenure, is reigniting the debate among economists as to whether there should even be a limit on the amount the Treasury can borrow.