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Revlon is back in the market with a refinancing, bringing with it the expected dose of grumbling about Ronald Perelman.

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

--Margaret Taylor, v.p. and senior analyst at Moody's Investors Service, on how long it would take a specialty retailer recently bought out to pay down debt.

This year's holiday shopping season will be more critical than ever for some retailers who were leveraged buyout targets and will need to generate more free cash flow in order to help pay down debt on time.

The following charts show the top five advancers and decliners in terms of % moves in the loan, bond and credit default swap markets for the previous week.

AMR Corp., the parent of American Airlines, is conducting a study to explore new ways to match its pension liabilities and that includes using interest-rate swaps.

ABN AMRO is planning to expand its private investor products division, which structures derivatives-based investment products for retail and high-net-worth investors, into Tokyo early next year.

--Stephen Withers, head of trading at BBVA in Hong Kong, commenting on the firm's plans to launch a derivatives business in Asia.

New York-based Hillmark Capital Management is looking at using credit derivatives and expects to be ready to take the plunge in a year's time.

Calyon has structured a leveraged credit portfolio with a AAA-rated coupon which it is pitching as an improvement on constant proportion debt obligations, the buzz structure of the fall.