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Fixed-income hedge funds entering into long credit positions with financial institutions need to examine potential conflicts of interests with their counterparties.

Smith, Graham & Co. Asset Management has recently begun offering more tailored solutions for its investors such as asset/liability management.

Harvey Pitt, former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, delivered both congratulation to the loan market for its rapid growth in recent years and a warning that litigation risk could increase as pension fund and retail investor involvement grows.

China last week sold a €1 billion tranche--the largest ever euro-denominated Asian offering--that was priced three basis points tighter than initial guidance.

A trade group representing corporate finance professionals intends to petition the Securities and Exchange Commission to increase its regulation of the rating agencies.

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Standard & Poor's pre-conference party Wednesday night at midtown bar Remi was a big hit, with the crowd unevenly divided between Red Sox and Yankees fans.

The bond market will lose a window into the Federal Open Market Committee's thinking if and when Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President and CEO Robert McTeer, Jr. leaves to become chancellor of the Texas A&M University System.

Merrill Lynch had to downsize, delay and increase yields by 100 basis points on a high-yield deal for an Italian fashion house last week to get the deal done.

Harvey Pitt, former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, on the public/private issue.

Schroder Investment Management North America has been selling off 30-year Treasuries and adding to its holdings of five-year Treasuries because it does not see any major yield curve flattening in the short term, according to David Harris, director and U.S. fixed income fund manager.