1.   Highly rated debt enables companies to borrow at lower costs.

2.   Investors are eager for U.S. dollar-denominated bonds of Dresdner and other foreign issuers because they typically offer higher yields than U.S. corporate issuers with similarly rated debt.

3.   It focuses on identifiable events like mergers, acquisitions, regulatory changes, operational developments and others, that place a rated debt under special surveillance by RAM.

4.   It focuses on identifiable events like mergers, acquisitions, regulatory change, operational developments and others that place a rated debt under special surveillance by RAM.

5.   The fund will mainly be invested in highly rated debt instruments such as U.S. Treasury Bills, Hashimoto said.

6.   The rating watch covers any event that may result in changes to the risk factor relating to the repayment of principal and interest on a rated debt instrument.

7.   The rating watch covers any event that may result in changes to the risk factors relating to the repayment of principal and interest on a rated debt instrument.