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Loan credit-default swaps are attracting the attention of credit participants outside of loans, despite some players reporting poor trading volumes.

The start of a rating agency panel saw a stampede to the exit.

Marcel Dupuis, responsible for institutional equity derivative sales to Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg at SG Corporate & Investment Banking, is adding the U.K. to his territories.

Collateralized debt obligation issuers see a big value in including commercial mortgage backed securities in deals and expect more fully synthetic CMBS deals referencing lower-rated bonds to be crafted in both the bespoke and public markets.

--Yuri Yoshizawa, managing director at Moody's Investors Service in New York, commenting on the time delay between innovations in Europe and the U.S.

Dealers are close to finalizing details of how the ABX asset-backed securities index will be tranched.

UBS is preparing to launch its first structured fund in Singapore later this month offering exposure to the commodities market.

Panelists said the popularity of triggerless collateralized debt obligations may wane when the credit cycle turns.

UBS is looking to launch yen-denominated managed collateralized debt obligations with synthetic buckets of ABS.

Some big collateralized debt obligation houses are gravitating toward variable caps in the event of shortfalls in credit-default swaps on CDOs, rather than hashing out provisions for implied write-downs; a point of contention in the dealer community.

Several banks are refusing to approve CVC Capital Partners' request for an amendment and recapitalisation of Flint Ink and XSYS Print Solutions.

The European high yield bond market moved smoothly into a higher gear this week as NXP Semiconductors raised Eu4.5bn in dollars and euros, in the biggest ever bond issue by a European speculative grade issuer.