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Lehman Brothers in London has hired a senior equity volatility trader.

AIG Global Investment Group, the Los Angeles-based manager, has priced its first European collateralized loan obligation, Euro-Galaxy CLO 2006-1.

--Scott Finch, treasurer at Cooper-Standard, in response to the company being put on CreditWatch by Standard & Poor's.

Lenders are securitizing portfolio credit-default swaps on balance-sheet bank loans.

Moody's Investors Service last week released a report addressing the concerns it has with the loan-only credit default swap template dealers put together.

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Northwest Airlines' bonds inched up after an airline mechanics strike caused Northwest to run just 91% of its flights.

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

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.

Lawyers and dealers have been checking up on documentary provisions for equity derivatives linked to Apple, since Nasdaq warned the stock may be delisted because of a delay in its quarterly filing.

Taiwanese investors that have just got into structured bonds incorporating global collateralized debt obligations are now starting to look at shorter-dated asset-backed commercial paper.

HSBC and Citigroup are among the onshore China firms launching structured product issues now that regulators have given the green light.