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  • The European credit default market strengthened over the last couple of days of the week. The iTraxx Europe Series 2 Index opened yesterday (Thursday) about 1.5bp narrower than the previous close at 36.25bp/36.75bp and it closed another 0.5bp tighter at 36bp/36.5bp. The standout sector of the default market this week was retail, agreed dealers.
  • In 2004 no corner of the covered bond market could escape the winds of change that swept across Europe. From the product's spiritual home of Germany, through the most modern of jurisdictions ? the UK ? and into the new EU states, the market underwent rapid evolution, while at the same time becoming broader and deeper. Neil Day reports.
  • The five year loan for Ceske Energeticke Zavody (CEZ) will be signed in February by mandated lead arranger SMBC.
  • In an investment grade syndicated loan market plagued by declining fees, shrinking margins and fewer deals, banks had to look elsewhere for lucrative business in 2004. Restructurings have been the obvious area to mine over the past two years as companies have shored up their balance sheets, but looking ahead to this year, banks are targeting cross-over financings from more highly levered credits. Taron Wade reports.
  • Craig Abouchar, senior fund manager at Insight Investment in London, is looking forward to 2005, though returns are unlikely to match last year's.
  • As the bond business becomes ever more competitive and fees compress to historically tight levels, Jo Richards asks leading European fixed income bankers what they expect the most active sectors in the debt market to be in 2005, how they are going to face the challenges of the coming year, and how they plan to make money.
  • Stephen Wilson-Smith, head of credit research at M&G Investments in London, gives his outlook for corporate bonds.
  • Bond market records were broken this week in a remarkable session of sovereign issuance - Italy issued the largest sovereign 10 year dollar bond and Spain the longest government bond in euros; Austria sold its biggest syndicated bond and Belgium achieved its tightest ever pricing.