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BANK OF Scotland could launch the first UK covered bond under the country’s new legislation, having mandated Dresdner Kleinwort, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg and Natixis to hold a roadshow for covered bond investors starting in early March.

CITY of Zurich got the Swiss franc market off to a strong start this week but otherwise the market counted the days to the end of a sparse week.

CAISSE de Refinancement de L’Habitat (CRH) attracted almost Eu3bn of combined orders for a dual tranche new issue this week, although in common with other recent deals a short dated three year tranche proved more popular than a 10 year that was only narrowly oversubscribed.

AROUND $22.5bn of new debt was printed in the US high grade market this week, and for the first couple of sessions the pricing secured by some deals matched what would have been possible in the balmy days of early 2007.

Will the court hearings for TVT Records' bankruptcy case bring to the stand some of the label's artists, like Lil Jon or The Ying Yang Twins?

Bonds for Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio Holdings bouncing were up and down after the rivals announced they were planning to merge.

-- James Sampson, v.p. at Blue Water Automotive Systems, which filed for Chapter 11 on Feb. 13, on the thinking behind using a prime rate benchmark rather than LIBOR on the company's debtor-in-possession financing.

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.