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The re-election of President George W. Bush bodes well for the coal and healthcare sectors overall, agree buy- and sell-side fixed-income participants.

The German government plans to issue up to €18 billion of bonds securitized by pension payments from three partially privatized corporates over the next three years.

High-yield investors are fighting for allocations in the upcoming $365 million bond issue for K&F Industries while whining about its aggressive structure and loose covenant package in the continuing sellers' market.

Wachovia Securities is landing lead arranger spots on credit lines for natural resource companies that are arranged as Master Limited Partnerships (MLP).

National Hockey League teams could be skating on thin ice due to the Sept. 15 player lockout over proposed player salary caps.

Nomura Securities International is still hunting for a replacement agency trader to add to its current team of two.

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

Payden & Rygel Investment Management is looking to put money to work in single-B credits.

--Andrew Rahl, head of the bankruptcy and restructuring practice group at Anderson, Kill & Olick and counsel to bond-holders and trade claim holders, on the court battle that has been shaping up between Owens Corning's bank debt, bond and trade claim holders.

Republican gains in the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as the re-election of George W. Bush, reanimate the ghost of a stronger regulator for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Banks, as Democrats who were sympathetic to the mission of government intervention to make housing affordable have been weakened.

– Jimmy Hughes, president and ceo of FTN Financial, on the firm's integration with Spear, Leads & Kellogg's fixed-income business.

UBS in London has added another trader to its asset-backed securities team, bringing the European ABS trading team to three.