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Cyprus and EFSF line up Tuesday deals

Cyprus will return to the market with a pair of taps on Tuesday, hitting screens alongside the European Financial Stability Facility’s new five year line, providing an excellent opportunity to compare Cyprus’s cost of funds

GP Profile: Suma Capital

Suma Capital partner Pau Bermudez-Cañete talks to Alessia Argentieri about the GP's fundraising and strategy for its second fund, as well as portfolio management and investment pipeline during the coronavirus crisis

Investcorp closes €340m fund to invest in Italian distressed debt market

The second NPL fund aims to invest in non-performing loans secured by residential and commercial real estate in the country

Distressed debt funds seek billions to profit from coronavirus carnage

Funds that bet on troubled companies are trying to raise a record amount of cash as investment opportunities balloon

Private Equity Didn’t Help

J. Crew, Neiman Marcus and some other retailers facing bankruptcy after the pandemic have a common problem: large debt loads from leveraged buyouts.

Neiman Marcus, a Symbol of Luxury, Files for Bankruptcy

The high-end retailer is not liquidating, and expects to emerge from restructuring later this year.

Stigma to keep Slovakia from using ESM pandemic lines

Slovakia will not be making use of the European Stability Mechanism’s pandemic crisis support lines, because of concerns that investors would look negatively on the decision.

AMB :- China ups the ante to acquire or invest in distressed foreign assets amid COVID-19

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: While US President Donald Trump stands by China lab origin theory for the virus, Chinese companies have upped the ante to acquire or invest in distressed foreign assets in strategic locations....Article

Private equity numbers are not as ugly as they appear

Distressed markets create opportunities for private equity firms sitting on cash piles

Apollo plans to raise $20bn as it shifts focus to distressed strategies

The money will be raised across 'many, many credit strategies', says a senior managing director at the private equity firm

Aurelius adds to UK team as it eyes distressed deals

The firm anticipates a rise investment opportunities in the distressed market

Going Private Transactions

Posted by Warren S. de Wied, Philip Richter, and Robert C. Schwenkel, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, on Saturday, April 18, 2020 Editor's Note: Warren S. de Wied, Philip Richter, and Robert C.

Vulture funds prepare to swoop in and feast on troubled company debt

Distressed debt funds begin to circle troubled companies hit hard by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic

General Atlantic teams up with Tripp Smith for $5bn distressed fund

The fund will provide financing to companies hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic

The Impact of COVID19 on Shareholder Activism

Posted by Keith Gottfried and Sean Donahue, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, on Sunday, April 12, 2020 Editor's Note: Keith Gottfried and Sean Donahue are partners at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. This post is based on a

Portugal unlikely to take ESM pandemic loans

The interest cost savings may not be enough to entice some countries to accept the European Stability Mechanism’s pandemic crisis loans, with Portuguese and Cypriot officials expressing doubt.

Distressed debt investor Howard Marks is realistic about the world post coronavirus

Government bailouts for non-bank lenders and funds that supplied leveraged securitisations are unlikely in the current climate

Searchlight appoints distressed debt specialist as senior adviser

Andrew Crowston joins Searchlight from Novalpina Capital, where he worked on the firm’s private equity and special situations fund

Critical hedge fund sees better way to do ESG

Environmental, social and governance investors have been patting themselves on the back this year because their funds have tended to outperform during the coronavirus crisis. But a San Francisco hedge fund believes they are doing

Deutsche sees investors’ interest in ESG fading

A survey by Deutsche Bank this week challenged the consensus that investors' interest in environmental, social and governance funds has been intensified by the coronavirus crisis. On the contrary, it argues: appetite has weakened.

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