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Markit, the data valuation firm, unveiled a competitor to T-Zero, the trade affirmation product, this week.

New Amsterdam Capital has launched EC Investments Sarl, the largest European market value CLO. The Eu1.1bn deal was arranged by Deutsche Bank.

This week price talk was released on three CLOs which are all expected to price close to one another but may price tighter than vehicles brought to market last week. This bucks the trend of recent weeks where most deals seem to price wider than previous, similar vehicles.

This chart, provided by Citigroup Global Markets, tracks bid-ask prices for par credit facilities that trade in the secondary market.

Wachovia Securities wowed the market when it was named a lead on the $1 billion leveraged buyout for Oriental Trading along with JPMorgan.

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.

Scandal, waning recoveries and Bankruptcy Rule 2019 aren't the only problems plaguing the Wachovia v. Le-Nature's case ­ apparently the counsel also has to deal with a cranky judge and shoddy speakerphones.

--Todd Travers, partner, head of structured products and senior portfolio manager at Highland Capital Management on Standard & Poor's changes in rating covenant-lite loans.

You have to be more than 50 years old to remember the glory days of company perks.