Likewise, in 1988, he and his longtime business partner, Bruce Karsh, created a distressed debt fund at TCW, profiting from the perception that it was «disreputable» to buy
the debt of bankrupt companies.
Not exact matches
In other words, if the
company is faltering or on the verge
of going
bankrupt, the venture
debt investors have a better chance
of getting their money out before the investment turns to zero.
Hansen represented a group
of investors in Trump's casino
company, which was going
bankrupt (potentially costing the investors $ 1.25 billion in defaulted
debt).
Shares in the
company were once again sliding on Monday after the
company's C.E.O., Elon Musk, joked on April 1 that Tesla had gone
bankrupt, an apparent attempt to make light
of concerns that the electric car maker is straining under its
debt load.
If you owned or bought shares
of Halcon Resources at the start
of 2016, you got slaughtered, as the
company went
bankrupt, emerging in a «prepackaged» plan that it negotiated with its
debt holders.
America Movil has expressed interest in acquiring some or all
of bankrupt Brazilian telecom
company Oi, which in June sought protection from creditors holding $ 20 billion in
debt.
The Fund seeks to achieve this by investing primarily in the following categories
of securities and instruments
of corporations and other business entities: (i) secured and unsecured floating and fixed rate loans; (ii) bonds and other
debt obligations; (iii)
debt obligations
of stressed, distressed and
bankrupt issuers; (iv) structured products, including but not limited to, mortgage - backed and other asset - backed securities and collateralized
debt obligations; (v) equities; (vi) other investment
companies, including business development
companies; and (vii) real estate investment trusts.
A
debt investor focuses in on
companies with solid tangible assets because it provides a better protective foundation for the repayment
of the
debt's principal in the event a
company experiences difficulties or were to go
bankrupt.
Fifty - two oil
companies have already filed for bankruptcy this year, and over one - third
of the world's biggest oil and gas
companies could end up
bankrupt in 2016 under stress from crushing
debt loads (over US$ 150 billion) and lacklustre cash flows depressed by low oil prices, according to a recent study by Deloitte.
The duties
of an official receiver will include examining the
company /
bankrupt's property which is available to pay the
debts and distributing the money amongst the creditors