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EnTrust Capital is planning to launch a fund of credit hedge funds, the $4 billion firm's first offering dedicated solely to the asset class.

General Motors Corp.'s bank debt jumped close to 15 points last week, despite the troubled automaker's still uncertain future.

The loans for General Growth Properties were down about a point to 25-26 after last Thursday's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.

A survey conducted by the International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers shows that most managers see credit spreads widening and defaults rising in the second quarter.

Seemed like a good idea at the time.... One year ago, Blockbuster made a $6 a share bid to acquire Circuit City.

Luxury fashion retailer Neiman Marcus Group's term loan jumped last week after the company said it would defer interest payments on its senior toggle notes maturing in 2015.

--Tim Barrett, cio of the San Bernadino County (Calif.) Employees Retirement Association, of the pension fund's increased credit holdings.

Leveraged loans across all sectors were up last week, leaving traders and portfolio managers wondering if the market is finally firming up.

Deutsche Börse revealed plans this week for the launch of a pan-European trading platform called Xetra International Markets that will offer settlement in domestic markets to participants trading in European blue chips.

Billions of dollars of European commercial paper about to mature will not be rolled over because both investors and issuers are focused on other markets such as puttable MTNs and benchmark bonds.

Flickers of activity in the structured note market this week led to hope that a fully fledged return could be imminent. But most dealers were pessimistic that this will be the case.