| 12/31/2008 | HY | Outlook 2008: Primary seen falling short of strong 2007; many questions over year's prospects
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| 12/31/2008 | HY | AMG reports $150.5 million outflow from high yield mutual funds for week to Dec. 26
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| 12/31/2008 | BKDDEMHY | Outlook 2008: Fitch, Moody's, S&P forecast tougher access to credit; high-yield default rate to rise
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| 12/31/2008 | HY | Outlook 2008: Signs of life in the junk market after subprime debacle
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| 12/23/2008 | HY | Recent high yield buybacks - a silver lining to the credit crisis
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| 12/23/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIG | SEC allows temporary exemptions, central counterparty for credit default swaps
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| 12/15/2008 | HY | Calvert launches high-yield bond fund led by Greg Habeeb
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| 12/11/2008 | BKCVDDHYSS | BlackRock CEO says market environment likely to get worse in coming months
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| 12/9/2008 | HYIG | Stone & Youngberg hires Robert Desmond as vice president specializing in corporate bond products
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| 12/8/2008 | BKHYPVSS | Kirtland Capital Partners considers move into sub debt; Sun Capital M&A focus on reform, add-ons
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| 12/4/2008 | HYIGPV | Prudential exec: Private placements 'a very important investment for us'
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| 12/3/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIGMU | SEC approves measures to strengthen oversight of rating agencies
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| 12/1/2008 | BKDDEMHYSS | Bain Corporate Renewal Group study forecasts recession aftershocks to be felt 'well into 2010'
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| 11/26/2008 | HY | Pacholder High Yield Fund suspends Dec. 9 dividend payment
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| 11/19/2008 | HY | Recent high yield buybacks - issuers find opportunity in credit crisis
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| 11/18/2008 | BKHYSS | Celerant/Economist survey finds no consensus on how credit crunch will change private equity
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| 11/17/2008 | DDHY | Exchange deals taking the place of primary market, high-yield watchers say
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| 11/14/2008 | BKCVEMHYIG | Federal regulator group aims to set up CDS central counterparties before end of year
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| 11/13/2008 | BKCVDDHYSS | Fortress Investments CEO says hedge fund industry redemptions likely to accelerate in 2009
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| 11/10/2008 | BKDDHY | Highland Distressed Opportunities says bank loan market looks attractive in fourth quarter
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| 11/6/2008 | EMHY | Morgan Stanley Investment Management names Schaney manager for global opportunity fund
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| 11/6/2008 | BKDDHYSS | Blackstone sees opportunities in less-levered private equity transactions
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| 11/4/2008 | CVDDHYIG | Deutsche Bank picks Peter Hornick to head credit sales
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| 11/4/2008 | CVDDHYSS | Hedge fund CEO says ongoing redemption pressure, industry consolidation likely
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| 11/3/2008 | HYIG | Barclays Capital begins trading in acquired Lehman fixed-income businesses
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| 10/31/2008 | BKCVHYIG | Creditex, Markit wrap four successful North American, European portfolio compression cycles
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| 10/31/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIG | Banks urge bolstering operating framework of OTC derivatives
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| 10/31/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIG | DTCC to provide CDS data from Trade Information Warehouse
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| 10/31/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIG | ISDA lauds over $25 trillion reduction in CDS notionals
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| 10/30/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIG | IntercontinentalExchange, Clearing will combine to form CDS clearing solution
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| 10/29/2008 | HYIG | Moody's says debt issuers holding off on transactions as interest spreads continue to widen
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| 10/22/2008 | HY | Legg Mason, Western Asset looks to bank loan, high yield and investment grade for future growth
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| 10/22/2008 | HYPV | Houlihan Lokey hires Rit Amin as senior vice president in private finance
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| 10/17/2008 | BKCVHYIG | Creditex, Markit wrap second North American CDS portfolio compression run
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| 10/16/2008 | CVDDHYSS | Hedge funds see estimated $43 billion of redemptions in September, TrimTabs says
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| 10/14/2008 | BKDDHY | Wilmington Trust expands distressed debt, loan, high-yield expertise with new staff
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| 10/10/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIG | IntercontinentalExchange, Markit, others to establish counterparty clearing for credit default swaps
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| 10/7/2008 | BKCVEMHYIG | CME Group, Citadel to launch integrated credit default swaps trading platform
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| 10/6/2008 | EMHYIGMU | Markit CDX indexes roll
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| 10/2/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIG | Markit focuses on initiatives to improve infrastructure, transparency and valuations
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| 9/26/2008 | HY | Crisis seen prompting return to 'grass roots,' shift to cash from CDS
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| 9/26/2008 | HYIG | CDS, Markit announce Monday roll of four CDX North America indexes
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| 9/24/2008 | BKHY | Providence taps Thomas Gahan as president of capital markets group
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| 9/18/2008 | HY | CDS, Markit announce changes to CDX North America High Yield index
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| 9/17/2008 | EMHY | Markit postpones roll for iTraxx Asian indexes
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| 9/17/2008 | HY | Senior high-yield banker sees 'second wave' of consolidation resulting in fewer players, tighter liquidity
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| 9/16/2008 | EMHYIG | Markit CDX index rolls postponed
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| 9/15/2008 | HYIG | Fed allows additional securities to be pledged as collateral for liquidity facilities
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| 9/15/2008 | DDHYIGSS | Lehman enters distressed realm, market ponders what is yet to come
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| 9/15/2008 | HY | Banc of America Securities asserts global high-yield primacy in wake of Merrill acquisition
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| 9/11/2008 | BKDDHY | American Securities affiliate closes on new $300 million distressed debt fund
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| 9/8/2008 | BKHY | Morgan Stanley appoints Dennis Schaney as managing director, head of high yield and senior loans
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| 9/8/2008 | CVHYIG | Creditex, Markit launch portfolio compression platform in effort to reduce CDS market risk
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| 9/4/2008 | CVHYIG | Finra to add more information to real-time reporting on corporate bond transactions
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| 9/4/2008 | BKHYSS | Junk, leveraged loan markets still face $100 billion LBO supply legacy even as banks offload risk
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| 9/4/2008 | BKHYSS | LBO backlog expected to dominate high-yield issuance for remainder of 2008
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| 9/3/2008 | HY | Yaris expected to join Bank of America as head of high-yield sales and trading
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| 8/20/2008 | BKHY | BofA hires David Flannery as global head of leveraged finance
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| 8/20/2008 | BKHY | European High Yield Association: Leveraged loan activity drops sharply to €35.3 billion
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| 8/15/2008 | BKCVDDHY | Advent Capital launches new, broader investment strategy
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| 8/8/2008 | BKDDHY | Lazard hires Marcel Herter as managing director and head of debt advisory
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| 7/28/2008 | BKHY | Rolling bridges: One-year anniversaries of hung LBO bridges yield some answers, more questions
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| 7/24/2008 | BKDDHY | UBS names new distressed and high-yield hires
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| 7/24/2008 | DDHY | Broadpoint Capital hires Miller, Komson and Zaino in debt capital markets
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| 7/22/2008 | BKHY | Jones Day hires former Kilpatrick Stockton attorneys as partners in leveraged finance
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| 7/21/2008 | BKHY | Barclays hires former Bear Stearns executive Trace McCreary as head of U.S. infrastructure finance
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| 7/15/2008 | BKDDHY | Jefferies adds senior high-yield, loan and distressed sales people
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| 7/14/2008 | CVDDHYSS | Hedge funds see $16.9 billion of inflows in May, say TrimTabs and BarclayHedge
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| 7/8/2008 | CVDDHY | Jefferies names Harteveldt chairman of fixed income
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| 7/7/2008 | BKHY | RBC names Wolfe head of U.S. leveraged finance
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| 7/2/2008 | HY | SEC proposes opening up off-the-shelf sales to big junk issuers
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| 6/26/2008 | BKDDHY | Turnaround Management poll respondents expect corporate debt default rates to soar past 10% in 2009
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| 6/23/2008 | HY | BMO Investments launches high-yield bond fund
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| 6/19/2008 | DDHY | Pali Capital opens high-yield desk, names Howard as unit head; says timing 'ideal' for expansion into junk
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| 6/18/2008 | DDHY | Jesup & Lamont hires Di Russa, Frymer
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| 6/18/2008 | CVHYIG | Finra plans to add more detail to Trace reports
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| 6/17/2008 | BKHY | Goldman Sachs ends second quarter with $22 billion of leveraged loan exposure
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| 6/12/2008 | BKHY | Junk, leveraged loan issuance falls off, but the right kind of deals still getting done, Merrill's Mayer says
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| 6/11/2008 | BKHY | Leveraged loan market improved after rocky early going, S&P's Miller says; new issuance still way down
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| 6/11/2008 | HY | JPMorgan's Acciavatti sees further spread widening, escalating defaults; likes BB bonds, leveraged loans
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| 6/10/2008 | CVDDHYSS | Hedge funds' $5.9 billion April outflow is biggest negative flow since October 2001, says TrimTabs, BarclayHedge
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| 6/10/2008 | DDHY | Tudor hires Hanley, Mintz to start credit investment group
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| 5/22/2008 | BKHYIG | BlackRock names new fund portfolio management teams
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| 5/21/2008 | HY | Morgan Stanley promotes Steven Kreider to portfolio manager of high-yield fund
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| 5/13/2008 | HY | Garman Research acquires publication Leverage World
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| 5/9/2008 | BKEMHYSS | Hedge funds see $16.3 billion March inflows, but inflows down 42% year-over-year in first quarter
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| 5/5/2008 | HY | Integrity names J.P. Morgan Investment Management manager of its High Income Fund
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| 4/24/2008 | HY | Dreyfus High-Yield Strategies Fund announces portfolio manager changes
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| 4/23/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIGMU | Sifma ratings task force to formalize sector-specific research, consider current relevance of past reforms
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| 4/23/2008 | BKHY | Moody's says current speculative-grade debt issuance levels likely to continue through second quarter
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| 4/22/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIGMU | Sifma creates task force to study current credit rating agency model
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| 4/21/2008 | BKHY | Carlyle Group closes $450 million CLO
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| 4/16/2008 | BKHY | Cadwalader appoints Stewart Kagan, Geoffrey Levin partners in New York
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| 4/15/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIG | ISDA sees credit default swaps rise 37% in second half of 2007, 81% for year
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| 4/7/2008 | DDHY | JonesTrading launches distressed debt trading desk
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| 4/4/2008 | HYSP | Stone & Youngberg names Lawwill head of taxable trading
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| 4/1/2008 | BKDDHY | Highland Capital names changes to portfolio management teams
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| 4/1/2008 | HY | Markit announces changes to CDX North America High Yield index
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| 3/31/2008 | HY | Banc of America Securities syndicate head anticipates $60-$80 billion 2008 issuance as junk market returns to its roots
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| 3/25/2008 | DDHY | Lack of volume in junk sector forces bond traders to make money elsewhere, hope for turnaround
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| 3/25/2008 | DDHY | Junk bond traders: Trace system not helping volume problems
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| 3/25/2008 | HY | Markit announces changes to CDX North America Crossover
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| 3/17/2008 | DDHY | Gary Herbert, Brian Kloss join Dreman Value Management
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| 3/7/2008 | DDHY | Cantor Fitzgerald bolsters debt capital markets team
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| 3/6/2008 | HY | Dahlman Rose appoints Michael Segall as director of leveraged finance research
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| 3/5/2008 | HYSS | Hedge funds post $2.5 billion inflow for January, lowest since December 2005
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| 2/26/2008 | HYIG | ISDA publishes list of obligations with monoline insurer as reference entity
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| 2/22/2008 | CVHYSP | Finra modifies Trace system to accept equity CUSIPs
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| 2/21/2008 | BKDDHY | Fitch survey finds investors concerned about housing market, stability of financial institutions, hedge funds
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| 2/21/2008 | HYIG | ISDA to compile list of obligations with monoline insurer as reference entity
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| 2/19/2008 | BKDDHY | 'Distressed ratio' method offers market-based default forecasting, says Fridson
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| 2/15/2008 | EMHY | S&P keeps Telemig, Amazonia on positive watch
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| 2/13/2008 | HYIG | F&C appoints Peter Stage as head of credit research
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| 2/7/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIGMU | S&P takes aim at bolstering ratings process
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| 2/7/2008 | BKDDHYSS | 'Adverse conditions' litigation increases with debt markets meltdown, says corporate lawyer
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| 2/6/2008 | HY | White & Case promotes partners Jonathan Bloom, Colin Chang and Daniel Nam to high yield practice
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| 2/6/2008 | HYSS | December's $2.3 billion inflow to hedge funds is lowest in two years, according to TrimTabs and BarclayHedge
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| 1/31/2008 | CVDDHYIG | Broadpoint to acquire BNY fixed-income business, eyes expanded high-yield, converts, mortgage role
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| 1/22/2008 | BKDDHY | Highland Credit Strategies says rights offering oversubscribed
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| 1/15/2008 | CVHYIG | Debt maturities in 2008 to increase by 14% over previous year, S&P report says
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| 1/15/2008 | BKHYIG | RBC Capital Markets appoints Pichler head of U.S. fixed income and currencies
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| 1/14/2008 | BKCVHY | Oppenheimer buys major portion of CIBC World Markets' U.S. capital markets businesses
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| 1/11/2008 | BKHYSS | Debt commitments grand total: $137 billion, plus C$34 billion
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| 1/11/2008 | BKHYSS | Junk, leveraged loans face $137 billion overhang; banks still hold $70 billion, face $67 billion committed
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| 1/10/2008 | BKHY | Blackstone to acquire GSO Capital Partners for $930 million in cash and units
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| 1/10/2008 | CVEMHYSS | Hedge funds see $21.8 billion inflows in November despite worst loss since May 2006
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| 1/9/2008 | BKDDHYSS | Kohlberg Capital announces acquisition of Scott's Cove
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| 1/2/2008 | HY | Lehman reckons that $76 billion LBO backlog will translate into $45-$55 billion of 2008 issuance
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