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Goldman profiting from naked shorting of leveraged loans

November 17, 2008 — 2:49pm ET | By Jim Kim
The hits keep coming for Goldman Sachs, the one-time Teflon firm of Wall Street. The latest: Two funds have told the Loan Syndications and Trading Association that they think Goldman Sachs helped... Read more...

Top deals faring surprising well

October 30, 2008 — 12:07pm ET | By Jim Kim
TheDeal.com offers a nice rundown of the top 10 deals of the boom years, concluding that they are holding up well. This is something of a surprise given the pathetic valuations for leveraged loans... Read more...

Tough transition ahead for Citi

October 16, 2008 — 1:16pm ET | By Jim Kim
Out of the frying pan and into the fire? It may seem that way to Citi. The company's third-quarter earnings were abysmal; the $2.8 billion loss marked its fourth-straight losing quarter. Investment... Read more...

Debt specialists in the spotlight

August 11, 2008 — 9:43am ET | By Jim Kim
The Financial Times suggests that the purchase by the Blackstone Group of debt boutique GSO Capital Partners last year speaks volumes about the credit universe that... Read more...

Ex-Citi hedge fund manager blames firm

July 30, 2008 — 9:41am ET | By Jim Kim
John Pickett, who ran a Citigroup hedge fund from 1999 until his resignation in December, has filed a sealed arbitration-like complaint in London. In it, he has some... Read more...

Recovery in leveraged loan market?

July 10, 2008 — 3:29pm ET | By Jim Kim
IDD reports that the syndicated loan market is still struggling. A big part of that is the on-going drought in leveraged loan issuance, which reflects largely the slowdown in LBO activity. New... Read more...

Sometimes a deal can really work out

June 29, 2008 — 8:33am ET | By Jim Kim
TheDeal.com offers an interesting look at a deal that's working out; it may end up a rare example of success. Recall that Verizon Wireless agrees this month to buy Alltel from TPG Capital and Read more...

Big test of leveraged loan market coming up

June 17, 2008 — 7:48am ET | By Jim Kim
The leveraged loan market has been whipped recently. Obviously, it really went into the doldrums as the credit crunch reached its nadir. But then the vultures moved in, including a lot of private... Read more...

Hedging risk a big earnings issue?

June 2, 2008 — 9:32pm ET | By Jim Kim
Hedging is a risky business. The bottom line is that it's really hard. We've said it before; there is fine line between hedging and speculating. I'm not sure anyone can lay out the full range of... Read more...

Oaktree raises massive distressed debt fund

May 20, 2008 — 6:59am ET
We've noted that valuations have improved for some on-the-brink debts as of late, notably leveraged loans and some credit default swaps. The trading psychology seems to be improving in part because... Read more...
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