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The CDX credit derivative indices, acquired by Markit last month, are to face unexpected competition.

Dollar swap spreads inched lower this week in thin trading, ahead of the non-farm payroll report and next week’s all-important FOMC meeting.

Did you ever seriously believe that the three middle-level NatWest bankers, who were accused of conspiring with Enron, would receive fair justice in a Houston court?

Market participants were heartened this week by the continued settling down of secondary trading in covered bonds. The regions that suffered the most ahead of the market-making are mounting a recovery.

Perhaps because the festive season is upon us, we have been feeling especially sympathetic towards Barclays Group and Barclays Capital.

The Virgin Group moved a step closer to buying stricken UK bank Northern Rock last night (Thursday), when one of its main challengers, private equity group JC Flowers, pulled out of the bidding process.

-- Neal Schweitzer, senior v.p. at Moody's Investors Service, on whether banks can afford to hold back on launching deals.

It must be December because it's Holiday Party Time.

Revlon launched a refinancing deal to mixed investor response. Distaste with Ronald Perelman, ceo and chairman of Revlon's owner MacAndrews & Forbes, dominated over positive remarks for the term loan and revolver amendment.

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.

A wave of fixed rate callable supply in all three major central bank currencies washed through the triple-A market this week, though financial borrowers remained on the sidelines as bank funding opportunities dried up ahead of the end of the year.

IN RESPONSE to the asset and liquidity problems affecting the SIV sector, a number of managers worked on individual solutions this week. Most prominent of these was HSBC, which announced it would restructure its two SIVs, Asscher and Cullinan.