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HSBC is considering splitting its global structured fund and equity products group into two separate divisions.

The price of protection on U.K. broadcaster ITV's debt slumped last week in spite of slight widening of credit-default swap spreads across the board.

A cadre of officials--including Mark Arimura, ex co-head of Japanese equity derivatives at Nikko Salomon Smith Barney--have formed Abbot Kinney Advisors and are preparing a long/short equity fund focused on the real estate sector.

Merrill Lynch and Barclays Global Investors are planning to upsize Anderson Valley, a hybrid cash and synthetic investment-grade arbitrage collateralized debt obligation.

JPMorgan is shopping a one-year note in the U.S. linked to an in-house commodity investment strategy.

Nomura in London has put together a basket of property funds referencing diverse property investments in the U.S., Europe and Asia, and added a guarantee to protect 80% of the fund's highest net asset value.

Scotia Capital is looking to build a global equity derivatives business.

The U.S. dollar's sharp decline against the euro over the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday prompted strong demand for options.

Rupertus Rothenhäuser, a former managing director at DWS Investments in Frankfurt, has returned to BNP Paribas as head of retail derivatives for Germany.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has taken its first steps toward establishing a sales and trading presence in Asia for interest-rate and foreign-exchange swaps, structured investments and equity derivatives.

A handful of firms in Europe and the U.S. are preparing to launch single tranches of loan-only credit-default swaps.