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Deutsche Bank this week joined the growing band of investment banks who have imported US-style commercial mortgage loan conduits into Europe.

Fans of football securitisation were disappointed this week when UK club Chelsea FC cancelled its planned securitisation this week - just days before it was due to be marketed.

Despite much talk of currency diversification, central banks in Asia still prefer to hold the greenback. By Pauline Loong

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An interest-rate cut from Alan Greenspan worries investors more than the nuclear threat of an unpredictable dictator in North Korea – or so the financial markets seem to be saying. By Pauline Loong.

ASIA IS SET to lose one of its M&A stalwarts. Morgan Stanley's M&A head Harry van Dyke is to return to New York where he will be in charge of M&A for financial sponsors. Van Dyke, who arrived in Asia in late 1997 has overseen some difficult times in Asia. But his stint in the region also provided him – and Morgan Stanley – with a wealth of opportunities, reflected in the enormous expansion of the firm's M&A team from four to 40 during his tenure. Gokul Laroia the company's co-head of telecoms banking in Singapore, will transfer to the Hong Kong office to take van Dyke's place.

BondWeek is the leading news publication for fixed-income professionals, covering new deals, structures, asset-backed securities, industry and market activity.

BondWeek is the leading news publication for fixed-income professionals, covering new deals, structures, asset-backed securities, industry and market activity.

BondWeek is the leading news publication for fixed-income professionals, covering new deals, structures, asset-backed securities, industry and market activity.

BondWeek is the leading news publication for fixed-income professionals, covering new deals, structures, asset-backed securities, industry and market activity.

BondWeek is the leading news publication for fixed-income professionals, covering new deals, structures, asset-backed securities, industry and market activity.

The new European market standard for restructuring underwent emergency surgery last week after traders realized it would not work for subordinated insurance companies. The definition restricts the maturity of bonds that can be delivered in the event of a default, which excludes most debt issued by insurance companies. This makes the protection worthless because if the buyer cannot deliver an asset they cannot make a claim on the default swap.