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Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein has moved its Tokyo-based Asia ex-Japan credit derivatives trading operation to Singapore as part of an on-going effort to build its capital markets presence in the Lion City (DW, 9/22).

For market makers in plain-vanilla equity index derivatives on electronic exchanges, such as Eurex, computational speed is essential in incorporating market information and updating quotes.

Bankers, lawyers and investors piled into Information Management Network's back-to-back U.S. conferences on CDOs and credit derivatives last week at New York's Roosevelt Hotel.

ABN AMRO is looking to hire about seven professionals for its new high-yield team in London, including experts in trading, research and capital markets.

MTB Investment Advisors is looking to add up to $40 million to its pass-through allocation.

University endowment plans and private equity investors are starting to look at buying the first-loss classes of collateralized debt obligations, according to sell-side professionals who have been pitching the investments.

The latest monthly ratings data had a few highlights that add further evidence to the tale of improving credit quality, but the data struggles to find real traction.

J. Gregory Ambro, cfo of Gottschalks, highlighting the importance of the company's supportive relationship with its lead bank GE Capital.

Bank of Ireland is planning to issue the first Irish mortgage-backed covered bond in the second half of the year and Irish Life and Permanent may be close behind, according to officials at the banks.

Fling or long-term relationship..."High-yield means never having to say you're sorry," according to one lawyer.