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US distressed debt/special situations/ capital solutions/opportunistic credit Editor @9finHQ. Send tips to rachel@9fin.com, WhatsApp, Signal, or DM.

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Rachel Butt is a journalist who covers alternative investment firms at Business Insider. Before joining BI, Rachel reported on emerging markets for Bloomberg News. Her work has also appeared in Commercial Observer, The News & Observer, and The South China Morning Post.

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Some of Wall Street's biggest names have their eye on your savings

Some of Wall Street's biggest names have their eye on your savings

Private equity firms are now out to win the savings of smaller investors.

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Wall Street's big investors are piling into tourism

Wall Street's big investors are piling into tourism

Rainmakers are betting on tourists to bring in some serious profits.

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This huge investor is preparing for a 'bonfire of distress'

This huge investor is preparing for a 'bonfire of distress'

Oaktree Capital Group, the world's largest distressed-debt investor, is eagerly anticipating the chance to sn…

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Struggling energy companies are getting money from an unlikely source

Struggling energy companies are getting money from an unlikely source

Banks have been pulling back from lending to energy companies. Hedge funds and buyout firms have been steppin…

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China Stock Analysts Were Among World's Worst Amid Surprise Rout

China Stock Analysts Were Among World's Worst Amid Surprise Rout

China's stock market was the world's second-worst over the past year. Analysts covering it didn't do much bet…

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China's army of investors haven't learned their lesson, and it looks like history is going to rep...

China's army of investors haven't learned their lesson, and it looks like history is going to rep...

You might think the crazy roller coaster ride that is China's stock market would be too much for some mom-and…

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High stakes — Rescheduling to test cannabis borrowers

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Taking the Credit — Private credit flirts with preferred equity as exits stutter Once reserved for distress, preferred equity has become an “acceptable liquidity solution” for a market struggling with exits, Paul Hastings’ global finance partner Jennifer Passagne told 9fin. And it seems that dealmakers agree. They’ve seen the number of deals featuring pref equity at least double over the past 12 months, according to 9fin sources.
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The tech toll — Legal clients demand haircuts for AI-driven savings

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9Questions — Jay Huang, CIFC — Prioritising strategy rather than timing during a CLO dislocation 9fin sat down with Jay Huang, head of structured products investments at CIFC Asset Management, to discuss manager differentiation, lessons from the software sell-off, where he sees the best opportunities across the CLO capital stack, and why investors often mistake liquidity-driven volatility for credit risk.
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Private equity firms heighten scrutiny on creditor advisory bills

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Cleared for restructuring: Airline Chapter 11 in a new era Airline distress is back, and it looks nothing like the last cycle. Supply chain failures, grounded fleets and a changed financing landscape are rewriting the rules of aviation restructuring, and the market is still catching up. We hosted a webinar called Cleared for restructuring: Airline Chapter 11 in a new era to discuss this evolving landscape.
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