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

Hurricane Katrina dealt airline companies a blow by causing fuel prices to skyrocket.

At least a half dozen multi-billion dollar deals are slated to hit the market from now through January, providing a hearty test of market capacity.

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.

ABN AMRO recently rolled out its first retail deal in China following new regulations that have opened the door for offshore structured products.

AIG Financial Products is getting ready to kick start its Asian cross-asset class business and is bringing aboard Eric Lim, Asian head of structured credit products marketing at HSBC in Hong Kong, for the initiative.

ANZ late last month closed an AUD975 million (USD742.6 million) synthetic collateralized loan obligation linked to its balance sheet--a first for the Aussie bank.

Cairn Capital last week priced its maiden hybrid collateralized debt obligation referencing synthetic high-grade asset-backed securities.

Variations on credit constant proportion portfolio insurance structures are expected to flood the market in the coming months.

Regulators in China are considering opening the domestic interest-rate swap market to qualified foreign institutional investors.

China's first equity warrant expired last week and the event is seen as a step forward for the developing market.