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As of Sept. 22, 77 companies in China had conducted debt - for - equity swaps worth more than 1.3 trillion yuan ($ 196.48 billion), Reuters reported.

Instead, structure the investment as convertible debt: a loan that gets swapped for equity in the next big round of financing, says David Cohen, a venture capital investor and CEO of TechStars, a Boulder, Colorado - based angel fund.

The turnaround is in part due to policy initiatives such as debt - for - equity swaps that helped the largest banks deal with rising debt loads, and a widespread crackdown by the government on shadow banking that has given them an edge over smaller peers.

The latter re-incorporated themselves as «banks» to get Federal Reserve handouts and access to the Fed's $ 2 trillion in «cash for trash» swaps crediting Wall Street with Fed deposits for otherwise «illiquid» loans and securities (the euphemism for toxic, fraudulent or otherwise insolvent and unmarketable debt instruments)-- at «cost» based on full mark - to - model fictitious valuations.

According to a bio on Greylock's website, Humes started the firm in 1995 after working as a banker and trader for Lehman Brothers and Manufacturers Hanover, including stints swapping debt for equity in Latin America and restructuring government debt for the Philippines and Yugoslavia.

As part of the reorganization, Tops is hoping convince the investors who own most of its $ 724 million in debt to swap it for stock.

The Company may enter into fair value hedges, such as interest rate swaps, to reduce the exposure of its debt portfolio to changes in fair value resulting from changes in interest rates by achieving a primarily U.S. dollar LIBOR - based floating interest expense.

State oil company Petroleos de Venezuela, commonly known as PDVSA, on Sept. 26 sweetened terms of a debt swap, offering to exchange more bonds maturing in 2020 for $ 5.3 billion worth that mature in 2017 after investors balked at an earlier $ 7.1 billion one - for - one proposal.

Trading volume for credit default swaps on French government debt also surged as spreads spiked.

Then, as the Australian Government reduced the stock of outstanding government debt, the Bank increasingly used foreign exchange swaps to manage domestic liquidity, and since 2004, we have also used repos in bank bills.

Net earnings and net earnings available to common shareholders included a $ 265.3 million one - time income tax net benefit, a $ 53.2 million gain primarily related to non-cash mark - to - market adjustments on interest rate swaps and a $ 37.6 million loss on extinguishment of debt, each of which are discussed later in this release and were treated as adjustments for non-GAAP measures.

Other mechanisms, such as debt - for - nature swaps or REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), may help.

Environmentalists see the agreement over Cameroon's forests as a bizarre reversal of the «debt - for - nature» swaps of the late 1980s, under which Third World debt was cancelled in return for agreements to protect forests.

After leaving the government in 1977, he became the director of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)- U.S.. Under his leadership, the organization grew rapidly and innovated conservation ideas, such as debt - for - nature swaps.

If the film were described as a tutorial on MBS (Mortgage - backed Securities), CDO (Collateralized Debt Obligations), Credit Default Swaps, Tranches, Bond Ratings, and Sub-Prime ARMs, most people's eyes would glaze over and they would keep skimming for showtimes of other new movie releases.

As a polysyllabic spree of technical verbiage («collateralized debt obligations,» «credit default swaps»), it's far too dry for the «Talladega Nights» crowd, to name one of the many silly Will Ferrell comedies directed by Adam McKay, this film's co-writer and director.

We are confident this amount is sufficient to cover any potential payments on interest rate swaps, as well as other functions in the debt portfolio.

The longer we wait to restructure debt, to swap debt for equity, and to expect those who made the loans bear the losses as well, the more we risk allowing this downturn to become uncontrollable and unfathomably costly to the public.

If you opt for a debt consolidation program, then you should stop swapping your cards as otherwise you will dig yourself into a deeper hole.

Some audits were alleged to be missing, a few transactions were perhaps rather more complicated than they might have needed to be, and a heavy dependence on derivatives such as swaps combined to make it more difficult than necessary to tell exactly how much debt the city was really dealing with.

Val Petrov, PhD, CFA, As a portfolio manager on the Mortgage - Backed Securities team, Val concentrates on development and implementation of relative value models across yield curves (Agency Debt, Treasuries, Swaps) and Mortgage - Backed Securities (MBS) products.

As the treasury curve is the basis of valuation for most debt, outside of Libor for loans and swaps, the currently advantageous environment applies to other asset classes of the capital markets as welAs the treasury curve is the basis of valuation for most debt, outside of Libor for loans and swaps, the currently advantageous environment applies to other asset classes of the capital markets as welas well.

The interest should be tax - deductible since the direct use of the mortgage proceeds was It has been nearly six months since the Lipson decision, in which the Supreme Court of Canada effectively blessed the debt - swap strategy known as the «Singleton shuffle.»

It has been nearly six months since the Lipson decision, in which the Supreme Court of Canada effectively blessed the debt - swap strategy known as the «Singleton shuffle.»

He suggests that implementing strategies such as the Cash Flow Dam or debt swap, which benefit the borrower by paying down the mortgage and reducing taxes, but do not benefit the economy by actually ncreasing investment, should not be chosen, as it may Attract interest from the CRA in the same fashion as did the Lipson case.

The Student Loan as the lower balance but if you just swap the order of those two debts, as indicated in the Custom order column (with lowest being paid off first), you'd save about $ 750 in interest.

The simple action of swapping to StepChange Debt Charity has shaved over two years off the length of our plan as the money we were paying the management company now goes to our creditors instead!

Additionally, they may also purchase credit default swaps on sovereign debt throughout the Eurozone, as insurance against any possible debt defaults.

Other varieties of home loans and a host of arcane financial innovations — such as collateralized debt obligations and credit default swaps — also came into play.

Our debt ratings utilize fixed income market data such as bond - implied gaps and credit default swap spreads as well as traditional credit analysis to arrive at a debt rating that we feel is more accurate and timely than conventional debt ratings.

Instead, thing such as debt - for - nature swaps, technology transfer, investment in renewables and other more organized and effective aid is necessary.

As manager of State Department engagement in the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA), Chip was instrumental in developing debt - for - nature swap deals worth over $ 100 million for Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

Kenya Airways has undergone a complex and contentious USD 2 billion financial restructuring; the intricate deal saw through a variety of things, such as: re-profiling of payments owned to various lenders; a debt - for - equity swap and the agreement of a new financial facility from Kenyan banks, which...

Kenya Airways has undergone a complex and contentious USD 2 billion financial restructuring; the intricate deal saw through a variety of things, such as: re-profiling of payments owned to various lenders; a debt - for - equity swap and the agreement of a new financial facility from Kenyan banks, which thus placed the airline largely in shared ownership between Kenya's government, owning 48.9 % and a consortium of 11 Kenyan commercial banks owning 38.1 %

However, we have experience litigating cases involving many other esoteric financial products such as: • Collateralized debt obligations • Credit default swaps • Structured currency derivatives • Structured notes • Equity derivatives • Barrier options • Basket options • Synthetic collateralized debt obligations • Knock in and knock out options

You are also offered the flexibility of the movement of stocks» prices and can swap between options such as cash, debt, or equity.

The Michael Lewis book — published in March 2010 — is a riveting read on the subprime mortgage crisis and clearly walks the reader through such cumbersome topics as collateralized debt obligations and credit default swaps.