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Sophisticated investors are driving a boom in Asian credit derivatives. Will regulatory hurdles thwart their efforts?

Crude exporter worried that short-term gain may give way to future pain

Finance secretary renews calls for reconsideration by ratings agencies

Deutsche Bank has hired a new par trader, John Fisher, v.p., reporting to Managing Director Anthony LoGrippo, and is looking to broaden its platform.

Ralph Rosenberg has formed R6 Capital in New York and will launch its flagship $2 billion global credit R6 Capital hedge fund in October, according to a potential investor.

As Barclays Capital continues to hire talent from its competitors, one buysider had a little fun.

Arturo Cifuentes, then managing director and global head of collateralized debt obligation research at Wachovia Securities, left the firm.

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.

The continual shaving of coupons is being felt in the secondary market, where credits that were flying above par a few months ago are now trading much closer to 100.

-- Tom Hirschfeld, chief operating officer of Halcyon Asset Management, on the addition of the firm's CLO platform.

The Financial Services Authority is proposing a review of firms' derivatives risk management programs.