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  • Lehman Brothers this week launched Europe’s first dedicated performance index for asset backed securities — and several other investment banks may be preparing similar products.
  • Deutsche Bank launched the first index-linked hospital bond since July last Friday, raising £118.4m for Catalyst Healthcare (Romford) plc. The proceeds of the notes, wrapped by FSA, will finance the construction of a new hospital for Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust in Romford, near London.
  • The spectre of fraud loomed over the asset backed commercial paper market this week as news broke that Citigroup, the world’s most prominent bank conduit sponsor, was exposed to a potential fraud relating to trade receivables invoicing by Parmalat subsidiaries.
  • The European prime MBS market got off to a vigorous start for the year when Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena returned to market this week with a Eu1.46bn issue, taking advantage of strong demand and low supply to close heavily oversubscribed at tight spreads.
  • Electricité de France (EdF), the French state-owned utility company, has completed a Eu190m catastrophe bond to protect it against losses caused by windstorm damage in France. The deal was well received by investors in Europe and the US.
  • Loan investors flush with cash are increasingly turning to middle-market loans, an area where few previously invested and which is characterized more by club deals.
  • The repricing trend that has plagued U.S. loan managers has also been affecting European investors, as issuers look to pay down European loans in favor of new cheaper dollar-denominated tranches.
  • After a year of biting nails and protestation, collateralized loan obligation asset managers should not be materially impacted by FIN 46 after the Financial Accounting Standards Board revised its interpretation of the contentious measure on Dec. 24.
  • Countrywide Capital Markets has made another hire to its fledgling government bond sales and trading operation.
  • Standard & Poor's has downgraded the senior secured bank loan rating of CSK Auto Corp. from BB- to B+ due to tweaks the company has made to its credit facility in conjunction with a larger recapitalization.
  • Debt linked to the Choctaw Investors and Zephyrus Investment, off-balance sheet vehicles of Enron Corp., sparked the market last week with several large block trades.