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One firm that attended the launch meeting for Wenner Media was impressed by the array of free magazines, including Rolling Stone and US Weekly, but even the freebies weren't enough to get the firm excited about the credit.

Amaranth Advisors managed to sell all its loan assets without causing a ripple in the market, according to dealers.

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

Eaton Vance opened an office in London headed by John Redding, portfolio manager.

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. Data provided by Markit Group.

--Mark London, managing director and head of U.S. debt structure and syndication at Société Générale, on joining the bank.

UBS, one of the largest equity players in Asia, is planning to set up an onshore equity derivatives operation in Korea to tap the burgeoning market.

Pallium Investment Management, the BMO Financial venture with industry luminaries Flavio Bartmann and Conrad Voldstad, is seeking a senior credit officer for its planned credit derivatives product company.

ABN AMRO has a launched a hybrid structured note for the Korean retail market in a bid to offer higher coupons amid falling equity volatility.

Last week's rollover in the Asian iTraxx index saw the addition of a handful of high-yield names in a drive to increase end user appeal.

--Laura Schwartz, senior managing director at ACA Capital, on the popularity of managed synthetic ABS CDOs.

Some 300 collateralized debt obligation structurers, analysts and investors gathered at the Hilton Amsterdam Hotel last week for Information Management Network's 9th Annual European CDOs & Credit Derivatives Summit.