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U.S. Hedge funds face heightened enforcement risk in France (GBFR)

May 19, 2020 | File Under: , , , ,

“U.S. hedge funds should anticipate heightened regulatory scrutiny and enforcement risk in France. ” – by Freshfields

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Wave of U.S. Bankruptcies Builds Toward Worst Run in Many Years (Bloomberg)

May 11, 2020 | File Under: , , , ,

“So far in 2020, the pace of corporate bankruptcy filings in the U.S. has already surpassed every year since 2009, the aftermath of the global financial crisis, Bloomberg data show.” – by Eliza Ronalds-Hannon, Katherine Doherty, and Davide Scigliuzzo

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Spain Throws Lifeline to Companies Battling to Survive Pandemic (Bloomberg)

May 7, 2020 | File Under: , , ,

“Spain scrapped the threat of forced liquidation for companies that run up major losses this year as part of a series of changes announced by the government to stave off insolvencies amid the economic turmoil caused by the coronavirus.” – by Irene Garcia Perez  

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Supervisory Board and Management Board should be completely renewed – Der Spiegel

May 5, 2020 | File Under: , , , ,

“KPMG said that certain Wirecard sales, cash holdings and customers could not be verified. And that after five months of investigation. In our opinion, this also means that Ernst & Young, as a long-time auditor, did not properly check the balance sheets. How can anyone – be it shareholders, creditors, regulators or customers – still trust this company?  […]

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Leveraged loan downgrades continue threat to Europe’s CLO investor base (S&P Global)

May 5, 2020 | File Under: , , ,

“A credit rating downgrade wave of historical proportions is following in the wake of economic disruption caused by COVID-19.” – by David Cox

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France lifts lid on gradual virus deconfinement plan (Euractiv)

April 29, 2020 | File Under: , , ,

“Prime Minister Edouard Philippe unveiled, in a speech to MPs before the National Assembly, the outlines of the country’s deconfinement plan, which is due to begin on 11 May.” – by Cécile Barbière and Daniel Eck

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Greece unveils plan to loosen lockdown (Ekathimerini)

April 29, 2020 | File Under: , , ,

“The plan will unfold in three phases – from May 4 to mid-June – and, depending on the data, it will change accordingly.”

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Spain’s prime minister announces coronavirus deescalation measures

April 29, 2020 | File Under: , ,

“The transition to a “new normality” will last six to eight weeks, explains Pedro Sánchez, with continuing restrictions on travel to other provinces and Spanish islands.” – by Carlos E. Cué, Javier Salvatierra and Isabel Valdés and Simon Hunter

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Spain breaks euro zone demand record with new 10-year bond (Reuters)

April 23, 2020 | File Under: , ,

“Spain, like other euro zone sovereigns which have used syndications, is paying up to attract investors to its debt. Spain is paying a premium of around 12 basis points to its outstanding bonds, similar to Italy a day earlier.” by Yoruk Bahceli

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Oil prices go negative — and Washington is paralyzed over what to do (Politico)

April 21, 2020 | File Under: , , ,

“U.S. oil futures prices fell to their lowest-ever level by far on Monday, at -$37.63 per barrel, meaning owners of the futures contracts were paying to offload them. ” -by Ben Lefebvre

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