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The equity-linked note market in Korea, one of the largest in the region, has been hit by a wave of knock-ins which is dampening interest in the product.

A variation on the leveraged super-senior structure which multiplies exposure--and therefore potential returns--to risk further down the capital structure has been gaining momentum with collateralized debt obligation investors over the past month.

Singapore's Lion Capital Management, one of the few collateralized debt obligation managers in the Asia Pacific region, is gearing up to launch a deal which will incorporate an asset-backed securities CDO bucket.

Tim Armstrong, a senior collateralized debt obligation official at Merrill Lynch in London, has left the firm.

Morgan Stanley next month will shunt Robert Breden, head of Asian investment-grade credit trading and structuring, from Tokyo to Hong Kong.

North Korea's missile launch was the talk of the region's markets last week and jittered equities but the uproar had limited effect on Asian credit-default swaps.

Interest-rate derivative traders are seeing a dramatic pickup in structured trades playing on a volatility uptick.

The first option on the recently launched FTSE U.K. commercial property index series is expected to be traded Monday.

A handful of synthetic collateralized debt obligations structured in Asia have been hit with downgrades in recent weeks due to rating actions on credits found in many of the portfolios.

The Royal Bank of Scotland is transferring senior credit staff in Asia to its newly-minted Singapore desk.

TD Securities is taking its first step back into global structured equity derivatives since withdrawing two years ago.