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Alliance Boots’s credit default swap spread leaped wider by 75bp this week after details of its £9bn leveraged buyout financing were divulged — and trading remained volatile as the market worried about the company’s new financial structure.

The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI) has given the country’s banks permission to issue covered bonds, but only an amount up to 4% of their total assets.

What is the easiest way to upset a senior manager of Allianz, one of the world’s premier insurance companies?

The iTraxx Crossover Index hit 248bp at the beginning of the week, amid a generally deteriorating environment for more risky credits.