Junk bonds just ‘blew up’ – Business Insider You wouldn’t know by looking at the US Treasury market, which remained relatively sanguine this week, with only a little panic buying on Tuesday. So 10-year Treasuries ended the week near where they’d started it. But at the other end of the spectrum, the riskiest portion of […]
Halcon Resources Corp. almost ran into trouble with its banks in June 2013. And again in March 2014. And in February 2015. Each time, the shale driller came close to violating debt limits set by its lenders, endangering a credit line that provided as much as $1.05 billion in much-needed cash. Each time, Halcon’s banks, […]
If a company has too much debt and too little income, it’s going to struggle to pay its bills, regardless of when its bonds come due. This is a lesson that investors are learning as distressed U.S. bonds suffer their worst performance since 2008. The notes have plunged 7.5 percent so far this year and […]
Spanish-language broadcaster Univision Holdings Inc. launched the process for an initial public offering by filing Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The New York-based company filed for an IPO of up to $100 million. That figure, used to calculate registration fees, is likely to change. Univision will trade under ticker symbol “UVN,” though the […]
The well-documented plunge in oil prices has prompted many investors to scour their portfolios for any exposure to the stumbling commodity, but Jefferies says there’s another place they should be watching: real estate. “We worry REIT managements might be too positive about the outlook in Texas,” Jefferies analysts Omatoyo Okusanya, Charles Croson and George Hoglund […]
As more investors look to diversify, many are beginning to use retirement funds to invest in alternative assets such as private equity and real estate. Kelly Rodriques brings executive experience from private equity, software and communications, with a particular focus on using technology to enable growth, to his role as CEO & President of PENSCO […]
A fund manager’s divorce can tank a hedge fund’s performance. The only thing that’s worse for it is a wedding. A fund’s alpha — the measure of how much it beats the market — falls by an annualized 8.5% around the time of a manager’s marriage, according to a study released this month by University […]
Land area for new China real estate developments falls 25 pct in 2014 -Xinhua BEIJING Feb 24 (Reuters) – The area of land used in new property developments in China fell by a quarter last year compared with 2013, state news agency Xinhua said on Tuesday, highlighting the extent of the country’s housing downturn. Land […]
Bruce Edgelow has read all the newspaper headlines about investors fleeing Alberta’s oil patch. The provincial government’s energy banker doesn’t have a problem attracting cash — it’s finding a place for it all to go. “Our phone has been ringing off the wall in the last three or four weeks with people wanting to come […]
Jason Mudrick Sees ‘Massive Opportunity’ In Energy Debt Feb. 3 — Jason Mudrick, chief investment officer at Mudrick Capital Management LP, talks about strategy for distressed debt, investment opportunities in the oil industry and his firm’s involvement with RadioShack Corp. Mudrick speaks with Stephanie Ruhle and Erik Schatzker on Bloomberg Television’s “Market Makers.” This article […]
(Bloomberg) — The decline in oil will be positive for the European economy, though banks may be under pressure if the low prices persist, said David Rubenstein, co-founder of Carlyle Group LP. “Europe is a gigantic consumer of oil and therefore it’s a tax cut,” Rubenstein said today in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Erik […]
Oct 21 (Reuters) – Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn said on Tuesday he thinks the high-yield “junk” bond market is still in a bubble despite the asset class’s recent selloff. “I think the high-yield market is in a bubble,” Icahn told CNBC television. “We do a very arcane product, we buy the CDS (credit default […]