European banks have been preoccupied with shrinking their balance sheets and
restructuring debt in preparation for a new round of stress tests at the hands of their newly empowered schoolmaster, the European Central Bank.
Lower debt costs are helping Dubai
restructure its debt in an orderly fashion, he says.
Take Lone Star Funds - backed grocery chain Bi-Lo, for example, which will probably have to
restructure its debt in the next six months, according to S&P.
Not exact matches
The eventual
restructuring of Greece's
debt was too long
in coming and inadequately done.
S&P said
in March a rupiah exchange rate of 15,000 a dollar is «the psychological level» at which companies with weak balance - sheets could struggle with repayments and those with good cashflow might start to proactively
restructure their
debt.
Charlotte Russe, a women's clothing retailer, completed
restructuring of nearly $ 230 million of its
debt in an exchange that Moody's determined was a «distressed exchange.»
Bon - Ton Stores, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
in February, had tried but failed to talk its creditors into
restructuring its nearly $ 1 billion
in debt.
And now $ 10 billion
in debts are going to get «
restructured» away.
In some cases, these retailers were able to come to an agreement with their creditors and
restructure their
debts without going through bankruptcy court, as the threat of bankruptcy motivates the creditors to negotiate.
However, at a meeting
in May they postponed any significant
debt restructuring measures to 2018.
That's because while declaring bankruptcy would help the sunny Caribbean island
restructure and reduce its $ 72 billion
debt load, it wouldn't help Puerto Rico slim down its costly government operations
in order to avoid getting
in trouble again.
A large share of Italian
debt issued under domestic legislation does not have any contract terms and is regulated by an Italian law that gives the Italian Treasury ample latitude to
restructure the
debt... The composition of Italian public, however, is changing rapidly because
in January 2013, Eurozone members started issuing bonds with standardized contract terms.
Under a
restructuring pact, senior lenders including Silver Point Capital, Melody Capital Partners LP and funds affiliated with KKR Credit Advisors will exchange
debt for equity ownership
in the reorganized company.
Despite the cliché that Italians are living la dolce vita, Italy has been hit hard but the 2008 economic recession and has had to
restructure its
debt and pension obligations to government workers
in order to receive bailouts from the EU.
SINGAPORE, April 26 (Reuters)- Goldilocks Investment Co. Ltd, a dissident shareholder of Noble Group Ltd, filed a lawsuit
in Singapore on Wednesday against the commodities trader, seeking to prevent Noble from pursuing a
debt restructuring.
In a statement to the Singapore bourse on Thursday, Noble said Goldilock's claims were without merit and it would try to implement the
debt restructuring for the benefit of all stakeholders.
NEW YORK, March 27 - Puerto Ricos Government Development Bank, the islands insolvent former fiscal agent now
in wind - down mode, has tweaked its $ 5 billion
debt restructuring deal to help keep small towns afloat six months after Hurricane Maria.
SINGAPORE, April 19 - Embattled Noble Group said it will drop a provision
in its $ 3.4 billion
debt restructuring proposal that placed restrictions on shareholders voting against the plan after criticism from the Singapore Exchange.
SINGAPORE, April 19 - Bowing to criticism from the Singapore Exchange and other investors, embattled Noble Group is removing a provision
in its $ 3.4 billion
debt restructuring proposal that penalised shareholders voting against the plan.
DAKAR, April 14 - The International Monetary Fund said it was resuming loan disbursements to Chad after the Central African oil producer reached an agreement
in principal to
restructure its more than $ 1 billion
debt to Glencore and four banks.
Commodities trader Noble Group said it has finalised a binding agreement with a group of senior creditors holding 46 percent of its
debt, and was
in talks with others, on a
restructuring deal crucial to its survival.
The news comes just days after Bloomberg News reported that the one - time toy selling giant had been unable to find a buyer
in bankruptcy court or
restructure its
debt, and that it was preparing to liquidate its U.S. business.
Generic drug giant Teva really is going to cut tens of thousands of jobs
in a gigantic
restructure for the struggling and
debt - laden pharmaceutical —
in fact, the 14,000 planned layoffs announced Thursday actually surpass initial reports.
OFFSHORE investors are targeting the assets of distressed property investment funds, while listed developers have
restructured their
debt and are ready to chase bargains
in Perth's residential development land market, new research shows.
BRAZZAVILLE, April 19 (Reuters)- Congo Republic's current efforts to
restructure its external
debt will not affect multilateral creditors or holders of its Eurobond and regional bond, Prime Minister Clement Mouamba said
in a statement late on Wednesday.
When it finally happened, the impact on the markets was muted, which means there may be less urgency to resolve a standoff
in Congress over
debt restructuring legislation.
Local efforts by GDB and other Puerto Rican
debt issuers to reach a
debt restructuring are running
in parallel with plans
in the U.S. Congress to draft legislation aimed at solving the island's economic crisis, possibly by allowing it to
restructure debt and putting its finances under federal oversight.
Puerto Rico is mired
in an 11 - year recession and trying to
restructure some of its $ 72 billion public
debt load as it struggles to recover from Hurricane Maria.
The provisions of Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code allow businesses to find ways to reduce their
debt and
restructure their operations without having to be shut down and liquidated to satisfy
debts — instead of closing their doors, businesses can stay open, pay their employees, and take
in revenue while developing a budget and a repayment plan for creditors (subject to the approval of the bankruptcy court).
In a debt restructuring (in bankruptcy court or negotiated privately), they might lose money on the debt, but as creditors, they get part or all of the equity of the restructured compan
In a
debt restructuring (
in bankruptcy court or negotiated privately), they might lose money on the debt, but as creditors, they get part or all of the equity of the restructured compan
in bankruptcy court or negotiated privately), they might lose money on the
debt, but as creditors, they get part or all of the equity of the
restructured company.
Progress
in a few areas has been solid: slashing of bureaucratic red tape has led to a surge
in new private businesses; full liberalization of interest rates seems likely following the introduction of bank deposit insurance
in May; Rmb 2 trillion (US$ 325 billion) of local government
debt is being sensibly
restructured into long - term bonds; tighter environmental regulation and more stringent resource taxes have contributed to a surprising two - year decline
in China's consumption of coal.
Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou proposed calling a referendum on a private sector
debt -
restructuring plan agreed with the creditors as part of a second bailout package
in October 2011.
Potential reputational risk associated with owning Remington could also complicate the company's negotiations with its creditors, because
in a
debt restructuring companies often offer equity as an incentive for
debt forgiveness, the sources said.
Fresh loans and
restructured debts postponed the Greek dilemma but the durability of the Euro currency is
in question.
Event - driven funds, which invest
in companies going through major events, such as
restructurings,
debt exchanges and mergers and acquisitions, experienced modest 2017 performance.
Madrid can confound elite consensus and move aggressively to
restructure Spain's external
debt while redefining its participation
in the euro, for example by leaving the euro while committing credibly (i.e. with German support) to rejoin the currency union at some specified future date.
There can be a successful European Union, and many of the changes that are needed to ensure success are likely to be relatively easy to implement, especially if they are part of an overall package that includes significant
debt restructuring and forgiveness, but the current structure is not
in place.
That's likely because any
restructuring deal that could conceivably return the company to health required such a massive write - down
in debt that debtholders hoped to get more of their money back by simply selling off the company's assets.
In August, Azria surrendered his majority equity stake as part of a
debt restructuring and left the company, Etlin said.
The latest deal comes at a time of upheaval
in the industry, with rival deepwater rig firm Seadrill (SDRL.OL) undergoing a
restructuring of
debt and liabilities amounting to some $ 14 billion, while newcomers such as Borr scoop up cheap assets.
In my first week as minister for finance I was visited by Jeroen Dijsselbloem, president of the Eurogroup (the eurozone finance ministers), who put a stark choice to me: accept the bailout's «logic» and drop any demands for
debt restructuring or your loan agreement will «crash» — the unsaid repercussion being that Greece's banks would be boarded up.
In the subsequent years, one after another of the indebted LDCs obtained notional debt forgiveness of 30 - 50 % in the subsequent Brady - bond restructuring
In the subsequent years, one after another of the indebted LDCs obtained notional
debt forgiveness of 30 - 50 %
in the subsequent Brady - bond restructuring
in the subsequent Brady - bond
restructurings.
They said the company is not currently pursuing a
debt restructuring, although it is seeking relief from a $ 225 million term loan due
in 2020 and $ 200 million revolving credit line that comes due
in 2019.
Without
debt restructuring, Puerto Rico will be forced to default as it faces nearly $ 2.5 billion
in bond payments from May through July, government officials have said.
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.
That
debt is coming due
in early 2018, but Birchbox has multiple offers on the table to
restructure it, sources say, which is expected to alleviate any pressure to sell that may have been related to the
debt.
Partial
debt forgiveness has been a formal part of nearly every sovereign default or
debt restructuring in modern history, although usually not until there has been a long and painful period of angry posturing and one or more partial
restructurings.
The Central African oil producer reached an agreement
in principle to
restructure its more than $ 1 billion
debt to Glencore and four banks.
To compound this problem, mall owners are now starting to mail
in the keys to financially troubled malls: More mall landlords are choosing to walk away from struggling properties, leaving creditors
in the lurch and posing a threat to the values of nearby real estate... [as] some of the largest U.S. landlords are calculating it is more advantageous to hand over ownership to lenders than to attempt to
restructure debts on properties with darkening outlooks (LINK).
Aurelius has also pressured the total payment of Greece's
debt and was opposed to the
restructuring of the
debt of that country
in 2012.