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General Motors Acceptance Corp had a tremendous success with its dollar bond deal last week, and following that deal and the news of the purchase of Chrysler by Cerberus, Ford Motor Credit launched a $1.5bn fixed/floater two tranche deal this week.

Structured notes brought Greece to a standstill this week as workers went out on a strike, demanding that the government takes action to return money allegedly lost by public pension funds investing in the products.

Who sent us an anonymous note on Perella Weinberg Partners, bankers to the gentry and casual passers-by?

While the failed Dillon Read Capital Management was wallowing in the subprime quagmire, it was left to Deutsche Bank to show how to profit from others’ misfortunes.

Investors had a choice of three rare African currency bonds this week, with transactions denominated in Nigerian naira, Botswana pulas and Ghanaian cedi.

Demand for new issues showed no sign of abating this week as investors rushed to new transactions across the board. From corporates to financials via public sector issuers, there were very few if any casualties and new issues were generally well received.

Merrill Lynch is expected to announce a new management structure for its global markets and investment banking (GMI) business in the next few days, after the surprise announcement on Wednesday that Dow Kim, co-president of the division, was leaving Merrill.

Société Générale has leapfrogged ABN Amro into 11th place on table one, and moved above Calyon into 12th place on table two.

There was a lot of issuance in the dollar sector this week, but swap spreads managed to enjoy a burst of paying yesterday (Thursday) that took levels a touch wider by the close.

The European credit default swap market traded in tight ranges this week. The Crossover scarcely budged beyond its recent range of 199bp-206bp, and closed yesterday (Thursday) in the middle of this at 202bp mid-market.