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Portfolio managers and ratings analysts said the pipeline for fully-rated credit constant proportion portfolio insurance deals is swelling and inquiries are picking up.

South Africa's Standard Bank recently kicked off its equity derivatives trading effort for Asia and plans to further expand into additional markets in the coming months.

Increasing liquidity in credit-default swaps on asset-backed securities has led to swelling volumes of synthetic ABS collateralized debt obligation issuance.

Synthetic collateralized mortgage-backed securities are tools for harnessing and exploiting commercial mortgage and real-estate expertise.

Credit-default-swap protection on Thai sovereign credit blew out last week after the military ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Steve Wade has been appointed global head of credit risk management for leveraged, structured & real estate finance at Deutsche Bank, according to an internal memo from Hugo Banziger, chief risk officer. He replaces Ryan Zanin who is headed to Wachovia Securities to become the chief risk officer for Wachovia's corporate and investment bank.

Institution “a preacher not a partner”

New World Bank research puts China and India economies in perspective

Anthony Clemente has started a new private investment firm, Canaras Capital Management.

Malaysia defends tighter system

Asia urgently needs to develop its local currency bond markets, both public and private sector figures agree.

ACU not a “trojan horse” to attack dollar