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  • Taiwan received foreign direct investment worth $8.5 billion during the first eight months of this year, nearly four times as much as over the same period last year. Even if $3.8 billion invested by Philips are excluded, the country’s growth rate still more than doubled.
  • Movie Gallery's bonds and bank debt fell on the announcement Apple Computer has launched a new movie service; Dura Automotive Systems' bank debt fell to 96 7/8 from close to par, where it was trading a week ago, on concerns the value of the collateral backing the loans may not be as high as expected; and Visteon Corp.'s bonds outperformed the rest of the sector early this week on market expectation the auto supplier is close to being bought by either a group of private equity firms or by competitor Valeo.
  • Mark Gold, formerly managing director and portfolio manager at Trust Company of the West, and Hillel Weinberger, formerly a portfolio manager at Loews Corp., have opened their new firm, Hillmark Capital Management and are expected to price their first collateralized loan obligation as early as this month.
  • Steel sales in Brazil's domestic market fell 10% in August due to increased imports of Chinese machine tools and a strengthening Brazilian currency. In the Joinville area of Santa Catarina state, a major machine tool producing region, production is down 30%, said Roberson Fagundes, director of steel distributor Diferro.
  • JPMorgan is restructuring its Asian equity derivatives business on the back of a senior transfer to New York.
  • Argentina’s construction sector registered growth of 21.2% year-on-year in the first half of 2006, a study by the Business University of Argentina shows. Sales of cement jumped 25.9%, followed by sales of iron with a 24.7% increase. Construction sector costs rose 18.6%, boosted by the increases in the prices of raw materials and in wages. The construction sector is the biggest contributor to Argentina’s growth.
  • BlueBay Asset Management is considering expanding its offering of capital-protected credit and fixed-income funds.
  • Vimpelcom has traditionallty relied on the US dollar for its financing needs. However, as the rouble continues to gain ground against the dollar and as the local bond market deepens the telecom company is increasingly looking to the domestic market. Joanne O'Connor reports.
  • IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank group, has a modest funding requirement of just $2bn-$4bn a year, yet its profile is that of a much bigger borrower thanks to its highly successful global bond programme and its pioneering work in developing local currency markets. Jo Richards reports.
  • Swiss Re's acquisition of GE Insurance Solutions last November made it the largest reinsurer in the world. By rights, such an acquisition should constrain future financial flexibility. But its multi-tranche transaction launched this May was a superb example of how it managed to overcome this and other hurdles. Hélène Durand speaks to Andreas Weber, head of corporate finance at the issuer.
  • Thai Military Bank this May blazed a way forward for its country ahead of implementation of Basel II in 2008 with the first Thai hybrid bond to be sold internationally. Adam Harper talks to TMB's chief financial officer, Tanate Phutrakul, about the international markets, mergers and politics.
  • The sheer size of Grupo Santander means that there is hardly a week without a transaction from the issuer. Hélène Durand finds out what its funding needs and strategy are — as well as what can be expected from the issuer for the rest of the year.