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Barclays Global Investors has hired Brent Canada, a senior collateralized debt obligation structurer from Deutsche Bank in New York, in a similar role.

BlackRock has structured a USD500 million commercial real estate collateralized debt obligation with considerable flexibility during the ramp up and reinvestment period.

The recent emergence of a balanced collateralized debt obligation market has made dealers less exposed to a major correlation re-pricing event, structured credit traders say.

Calyon has signed up Heidi Plewe, a structured credit marketer at SG Corporate & Investment Banking in London, to cover sales to Germany and Austria.

The resilience of credit-default swap spreads to recent equity volatility has given rise to an unusual situation: a divergence between bond asset-swap spreads and the cost of equivalent credit protection.

The CDX emerging markets index surprised traders by tightening to a three-month low last week, despite the escalating conflict in the Middle East.

Deutsche Bank has added three equity derivatives sales officials in New York.

Bearish expectations for U.S. data-releases coupled with Japanese yen gains contributed to strong demand for short-dated downside USD/JPY puts last week.

Brevan Howard Asset Management, a London-based hedge fund, has hired a senior hedge fund-linked salesman from KBC Financial Products in New York.

HVB Credit Advisors, a Dublin-based collateralized debt obligation manager, is road showing a transaction which packages various levels of exposure to equity risk.