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--Nishul Saperia, director at Markit, on the rationale for delaying the launch of the tranched version of the LCDX until this week.

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 private equity firm JC Flowers & Co busied itself this week raising funds for a possible takeover of UK mortgage lender Northern Rock.

The Royal Bank of Canada’s debut covered bond issue is expected to follow existing UK structures closely when it is launched after a roadshow starting on Monday. RBC is hopeful that this familiarity, coupled with Canada’s stable housing market, will prove appealing to investors.

Société Générale Asset Management (SGAM) is marketing a new Eu200m CFO: Premium CFO II Ltd.

There is great nervousness in the dollar and euro swap markets before the September non-farm payroll, which is announced today (Friday).

SWISSCOM’s dual tranche Sfr600m (Eu361m) bond this week demonstrated that while the recovery has been slow, the Swiss franc bond market is righting itself after the summer credit crisis.

One structured investment vehicle is likely to close down amid continuing difficult funding conditions for the sector, while other managers may decide to leave the market in the New Year, said a senior analyst yesterday (Thursday).

Who bushwhacked Huw Jenkins in broad daylight? One minute the chief executive of the UBS Investment Bank and the pride of Wales was up there near the top of the leader-board and looking as smug as Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. But before you could say, "Huw could never be blamed for the follies of Dillon Read", he had been scythed down by Swiss mercenaries, like so many Welsh leeks in a Swansea allotment.

THE EUROPEAN credit default swap market followed developments elsewhere in nervy global markets for a sense of direction this week.