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ith the financial services sector back in fashion, we are surprised that Credit Suisse shares haven’t stormed through the Sfr100 barrier.

Deutsche Bank is to launch trading in three iTraxx indices on its db x-tracker Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) platform in the next two to three months.

The European credit default swap market’s disconnection from equities deepened this week.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) provided a safe haven to investors this week with a global Maple bond to meet all their needs.

US dollar swap spreads traded directionally alongside Treasuries for most of the week as interest rates, and their future direction, continued to dominate dealing.

errill Lynch is back in the news for a number of different reasons. First, it is the senior adviser to the RBS-Santander-Fortis consortium bid for ABN Amro and stands to make huge fees if the consortium blows Barclays off its perch.

European investors returned from public holidays with cash to invest this week, sparking sales across a variety of asset classes. Though structured note sales volume overall remained sluggish, both euro CMS and inflation deals were priced, while German tax funds were again snapping up discount-priced yen MTNs.

he flags were flying at half mast over Edinburgh Castle as Sir Fred Goodwin’s Scottish clansmen returned home after being tricked by the wily Dutch.

Dutch court freezes LaSalle sale to BofA by ABN Amro, changing the takeover scenario completely.

Holidays in China, Japan and Europe kept issuance at bay in many markets this week, and a similar picture is anticipated next week as the market awaits rate news from the US Federal Open Market Committee, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee.