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Distressed Debt Hedge Funds: How to Become a Vulture Capitalist

Mergers and Inquisitions

Ask anyone interested in distressed debt hedge funds for “the pitch,” and they’ll probably mention one of the following: “It’s like long/short equity or credit , but more interesting!” Distressed investing offers equity-like returns with lower risk.” Distressed assets offer non-correlated returns, similar to global macro.”

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ICX Quarterly: Fall 2013

Shearman & Sterling

This newsletter is devoted to discussing legal issues facing alternative asset managers and funds. Since 2008, the alternative asset market has seen a broad convergence of previously distinct asset classes and strategies, such as private equity, hedge funds, debt and claims trading, etc.,

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It’s Private Credit’s World

The Deal

But the asset class has also carried over its caution from the second half of last year amid economic uncertainty and a tighter fundraising environment. Still, cash-rich private credit can bypass rating agency requirements and syndication to close transactions quickly and put up more money compared to traditional banks.

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Long-Only Hedge Funds: A Cozy Career, or a Complete Contradiction?

Mergers and Inquisitions

If you’re interested in long-only hedge funds, you should ask a different set of questions: Do these long-only funds offer any advantages over strategies like long/short equity ? And if you are interested in this strategy, should you even target hedge funds, or would a long-only asset management firm be better?

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How Merchant Banks Help Businesses Grow and Succeed

Razorpay

Example of Merchant Banking In 2021, merchant bank Avendus Capital helped the Indian company Piramal Enterprises acquire the debt-ridden assets of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL) for ₹34,250 crore ($4.4 They help companies to raise capital in the form of debt or equity. What services do merchant banks offer?

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Fixed Income Research: The Overlooked Younger Brother of Equity Research?

Mergers and Inquisitions

Partially, it’s an issue of accessibility: Everyone understands what happens to the stock price if a company beats earnings… …but few people understand what it means if a company is set to violate a debt covenant on page 214 of its credit agreement. the appropriate debt vs. equity mix, and additional capital needs over the next few quarters.

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Trader of the Year Hedge Fund: Conversant Capital’s David Alfred

The TRADE

He envisioned Conversant as a platform to capitalise on real estate opportunities across the liquidity spectrum in both public and private and up and down the capital structure including equity and credit. Each investment professional is responsible for covering their respective sub-sectors across public and private markets.

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