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Eurohypo on Wednesday sold the first 10 year mortgage backed jumbo Pfandbrief since before the crisis took hold last summer, a Eu1bn transaction priced at the tight end of guidance.

Whether investment banks like it or not, increased regulation is likely to be the concomitant of generous Federal Reserve aid during the credit crunch, according to Wall Street analysts this week.

-- Elliot Ganz, general counsel at the Loan Syndications and Trading Association, about changes to the trade confirmation document to help limit shorting.

Wager Time...Along with grabbing the Overall Best Trading Desk Award, Credit Suisse won a little bet held amongst the desks regarding who would win the distinction.

In 2003, Lehman Brothers asked Jeremy Vogelmann to hedge its loan books.

Aveta Holdings' debt had a rollercoaster ride hitting the low 70s one day, clawing back up to 80 the next day and then back down to 73 the day after.

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.

BNP Paribas priced a new Eu1.5bn five year covered bond on Wednesday afternoon after the leads decided that the strength of the order book would allow them to price a deal above the Eu1bn level that several other issuers have recently been restricted to. Bankers are now looking forward to what could be achieved next week.

Deutsche Postbank priced a Eu1bn seven year mortgage backed deal this morning at the bottom end of size expectations. But while the pricing might not have excited investors, it provided some relief to other Pfandbrief issuers in the pipeline.

Credit Suisse this week announced that it has launched the Long/Short Equity Replication Index, the first in a planned series of alternative index replication products that it will design to replicate the performance of major hedge fund strategies.

Moody's downgraded the capital note rating of Société Générale’s Premier Asset Collateralized Entity (Pace) vehicle this week.

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