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To celebrate Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Reorg’s Harvard Zhang leads a panel discussion with Larry Wee a partner at Milbank, Jingzhi Dai ‘JD’, a managing director at Jefferies, Alex Xiao, an associate at Gibson Dunn and David Samikkannu, a director at AlixPartners speak, where they discuss why they set up a networking group called Restructuring Asians in New York, or RAINY, how they got to where they are professionally, and what can be done to advance the careers of minorities. Those that identify as AAPI in the leveraged finance, distressed debt and restructuring industries and are interested in joining RAINY can find the private group HERE on LinkedIn. And, as always, we bring you our weekly summary of interesting developments in the restructuring world as well as a preview of what’s on tap for next week. We're looking for feedback to improve the podcast experience! Please share your thoughts here: www.research.net/r/Reorg_podcast_survey For more information on our latest events a

Each episode of Reorg's weekly EMEA Core Credit podcast series features detailed discussions on issues and companies across the credit lifecycle. This week’s podcast includes discussions on: The challenges facing plastics packaging group Kloeckner Pentaplast ahead of its planned refinancing; The latest developments at oil and gas firm Petrofac following its market update earlier this week; and The primary market, with a roundup of action that’s taken place since last week. Reorg is always looking for feedback to help us improve the podcast experience. Please take a moment to complete this short survey and let us know how we’re doing. We’re taking a brief recess from the primary view interview series this week but will be back next week with our regularly scheduled dose of industry leading discussions on leveraged finance and more. As always, we also bring you our weekly summary of interesting developments in the restructuring world as well as a preview of what’s on tap for this week. We're looking for feedb

We’re taking a brief recess from the primary view interview series this week but will be back next week with our regularly scheduled dose of industry leading discussions on leveraged finance and more. As always, we also bring you our weekly summary of interesting developments in the restructuring world as well as a preview of what’s on tap for this week. We're looking for feedback to improve the podcast experience! Please share your thoughts here: www.research.net/r/Reorg_podcast_survey For more information on our latest events and webinars: reorg.com/resources/events-and-webinars/ Sign up to our weekly newsletter Reorg on the Record: reorg.com/resources/reorg-on-the-record/

Each episode of Reorg's weekly EMEA Core Credit podcast series features detailed discussions on issues and companies across the credit lifecycle. This week’s podcast includes discussions on: -The challenges facing Heimstaden Bostad, ahead of its first-quarter earnings release; -A rally in German chemicals producer’s OQ Chemicals’ term loans; and -The primary market, with a roundup of action that’s taken place since last week. We're looking for feedback to improve the podcast experience! Please share your thoughts here: www.research.net/r/Reorg_podcast_survey For more information on our latest events and webinars: reorg.com/resources/events-and-webinars/ Sign up to our weekly newsletter Reorg on the Record: reorg.com/resources/reorg-on-the-record/ #leveragedfinance #highyield #restructuring #performingcredit #distresseddebt #debtrestructuring #leveragedloans

This week on The Primary View, Seth Brumby, Deputy Managing Editor at Reorg sits down with Michelle Handy, a senior managing director and chief investment officer at First Eagle, to discuss direct lending in the middle market, the evolution of deal terms in light of expanding private credit, and her expectations for increased deal volume and a rate cut in the back half of the year. We're looking for feedback to improve the podcast experience! Please share your thoughts here: www.research.net/r/Reorg_podcast_survey For more information on our latest events and webinars: reorg.com/resources/events-and-webinars/ Sign up to our weekly newsletter Reorg on the Record: reorg.com/resources/reorg-on-the-record/ #leveragedfinance #highyield #restructuring #performingcredit #distresseddebt #debtrestructuring #leveragedloans #middlemarket

This week, Seth Brumby, deputy managing editor at Reorg, speaks with David Dowden, a managing director at MacKay Shields, about the outperformance of high yield municipal bonds in the first quarter, the redemption of Building America Bonds and the overall evolution of taxable bonds for municipal investors.

Each episode of Reorg's weekly EMEA Core Credit podcast series features detailed discussions on issues and companies across the credit lifecycle. This week’s podcast includes discussions on: The latest developments regarding Swedish debt collector Intrum’s restructuring; OQ Chemicals’ own refinancing risks, after its parent company withdrew planned equity support; and The primary market, with a roundup of action that’s taken place since last week. Reorg is always looking for feedback to help us improve the podcast experience. Please take a moment to complete this short survey and let us know how we’re doing. We're looking for feedback to improve the podcast experience! Please share your thoughts here: www.research.net/r/Reorg_podcast_survey For more information on our latest events and webinars: reorg.com/resources/events-and-webinars/ Sign up to our weekly newsletter Reorg on the Record: reorg.com/resources/reorg-on-the-record/ #leveragedfinance #highyield #restructuring #performingcredit #distressedd

This week, Tom Shandell, head of US broadly syndicated loans and CLOs at Investcorp Credit Management, joins Reorg’s Hugh Minch to discuss triple-C concentrations in CLO portfolios following the Altice France downgrade. Shandell discusses which CLOs risk failing an overcollateralization test this quarter and shares his views on which other credits are concerning amid a rise in lender on lender violence in workout situations.

This week, Reorg’s Dia Gill Joins Cynthia Romano, senior managing director at FTI, for a broad ranging discussion that includes the economy’s resilience in the face of dire predictions, unique restructuring challenges facing the health care, commercial real estate and cannabis industries, recent trends in liability management and how FTI is working to diversify its portfolio of service offerings. Due to the Easter Holiday, we’re taking a short hiatus from our weekly summary of new developments in the restructuring world and our week ahead preview. Our full featured podcast will be back next week. We're looking for feedback to improve the podcast experience! Please share your thoughts here: www.research.net/r/Reorg_podcast_survey For more information on our latest events and webinars: reorg.com/resources/events-and-webinars/ Sign up to our weekly newsletter Reorg on the Record: reorg.com/resources/reorg-on-the-record/ #leveragedfinance #highyield #restructuring #performingcredit #distresseddebt #debtrestr

Listen now: https://go.reorg-research.com/reorg-special-podcast-altice-france Altice France’s attempt to fix its capital structure through potential discounted buybacks is threatening to spiral out of control. The slide in the group’s unsecured bonds on the back of management’s likely intentionally bearish investor call galvanized investors into organizing, with two groups forming, raising the potential for creditor-on-creditor violence. In the podcast, we discussed the market reaction after last week's earnings call and Reorg’s view on management’s guidance and Altice France’s valuation. We also explain how asset drop-downs are permitted under the terms of the bonds and the implications for creditors. Finally, we delve into the French restructuring regime and French director duties.

This week, Reorg's senior primary market reporter Michael Haley speaks with Andrzej Skiba, managing director and head of US fixed income at RBC Global Asset Management, about what dynamics will impact the leveraged finance market in 2024. The episode includes Skiba's views on how healthy market conditions will hold up for the rest of the year for leveraged loans and high-yield bonds as well as what will happen with defaults moving forward. We're looking for feedback to improve the podcast experience! Please share your thoughts here: www.research.net/r/Reorg_podcast_survey For more information on our latest events and webinars: reorg.com/resources/events-and-webinars/ Sign up to our weekly newsletter Reorg on the Record: reorg.com/resources/reorg-on-the-record/ #leveragedfinance #highyield #restructuring #performingcredit #distresseddebt #debtrestructuring #leveragedloans

This week, Laleh Bashirrad, managing director of BNP Paribas’ leveraged syndicate desk, joins Reorg’s Katherine Schwartz to discuss the mood of the market, including the M&A pipeline, the LBO market and the ongoing rivalry between private credit and broadly syndicated loans. We're looking for feedback to improve the podcast experience! Please share your thoughts here: www.research.net/r/Reorg_podcast_survey For more information on our latest events and webinars: reorg.com/resources/events-and-webinars/ Sign up to our weekly newsletter Reorg on the Record: reorg.com/resources/reorg-on-the-record/ #leveragedfinance #highyield #restructuring #performingcredit #distresseddebt #debtrestructuring #leveragedloans

Relevant Reports: EMEA Primary Market Wrap 2023: https://go.reorg-research.com/emea-primary-market-2023-full-year-wrap Each episode of Reorg's weekly EMEA Core Credit podcast series features detailed discussions on issues and companies across the credit lifecycle. This week’s podcast includes discussions on: -Egypt’s local-currency sovereign debt instruments after last week’s rate hike; -Europe’s care homes sector after a challenging 2023 for operators; and -The primary market, with a roundup of action that’s taken place since last week. We're looking for feedback to improve the podcast experience! Please share your thoughts here: www.research.net/r/Reorg_podcast_survey For more information on our latest events and webinars: reorg.com/resources/events-and-webinars/ Sign up to our weekly newsletter Reorg on the Record: reorg.com/resources/reorg-on-the-record/ #leveragedfinance #highyield #restructuring #performingcredit #distresseddebt #debtrestructuring #leveragedloans

This week, Seth Brumby, deputy managing editor at Reorg joins Greg Hardiman, a managing director at 17Capital, for a discussion about the growth and use cases for net asset value, or NAV lending. Seth and Greg discuss the evolution of NAV lending, its relationship to other forms of fund financing and how it can improve overall private equity realizations. If you are not a Reorg subscriber, request access here: go.reorg-research.com/Podcast-Trial We're looking for feedback to improve the podcast experience! Please share your thoughts here: www.research.net/r/Reorg_podcast_survey For more information on our latest events and webinars: reorg.com/resources/events-and-webinars/ Sign up to our weekly newsletter Reorg on the Record: reorg.com/resources/reorg-on-the-record/ #leveragedfinance #highyield #restructuring #performingcredit #distresseddebt #debtrestructuring #leveragedloans

Each episode of Reorg's weekly EMEA Core Credit podcast series features detailed discussions on issues and companies across the credit lifecycle. This week’s podcast includes discussions on: -The latest results from French specialty chemical producer Seqens; -The English High Court declines to sanction Aggregate’s latest restructuring plan; and -The primary market, with a roundup of action that’s taken place since last week. If you are not a Reorg subscriber, request access here: go.reorg-research.com/Podcast-Trial We're looking for feedback to improve the podcast experience! Please share your thoughts here: www.research.net/r/Reorg_podcast_survey For more information on our latest events and webinars: reorg.com/resources/events-and-webinars/ Sign up to our weekly newsletter Reorg on the Record: reorg.com/resources/reorg-on-the-record/ #leveragedfinance #highyield #restructuring #performingcredit #distresseddebt #debtrestructuring #leveragedloans

This week on the Reorg Primary View, Himani Trivedi, head of structured credit at Nuveen, joins Reorg’s Hugh Minch for a deep dive on investing in CLO equity. Trivedi discusses how CLO equity correlates with other asset classes within the leveraged finance universe and how different profiles of equity will perform in a range of future macroeconomic scenarios. And as always, we also bring you our weekly summary of interesting developments in the restructuring world as well as a preview of what’s on tap for this week. If you are not a Reorg subscriber, request access here: go.reorg-research.com/Podcast-Trial We're looking for feedback to improve the podcast experience! Please share your thoughts here: www.research.net/r/Reorg_podcast_survey For more information on our latest events and webinars: reorg.com/resources/events-and-webinars/ Sign up to our weekly newsletter Reorg on the Record: reorg.com/resources/reorg-on-the-record/ #leveragedfinance #highyield #restructuring #performingcredit #distresseddebt

Relevant Reports: European Sustainability Linked Bonds and Loans Wrap - https://go.reorg-research.com/european-sustainability-linked-bonds-and-loan-wrap-2023 Each episode of Reorg's weekly EMEA Core Credit podcast series features detailed discussions on issues and companies across the credit lifecycle. This week’s podcast includes discussions on: -Underperforming German nursing home care provider GHD; -The likelihood of an Egyptian sovereign default; and -The primary market, with a roundup of action that’s taken place since last week. If you are not a Reorg subscriber, request access here: go.reorg-research.com/Podcast-Trial We're looking for feedback to improve the podcast experience! Please share your thoughts here: www.research.net/r/Reorg_podcast_survey For more information on our latest events and webinars: reorg.com/resources/events-and-webinars/ Sign up to our weekly newsletter Reorg on the Record: reorg.com/resources/reorg-on-the-record/ #leveragedfinance #highyield #restructuring #performingc

This week on The Reorg Primary View, Hornblower files chapter 11 with RSA providing for $300 million senior DIP, $285 million junior DIP and $345 million rights offering, U.S. Supreme Court declines to consider request from Millennium Health lender claim trustee to review August 2023 ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that syndicated loans qualify as securities under federal and state laws and Rite Aid debtors file an amended plan with “toggle” allowing a pivot to a sale transaction. If you are not a Reorg subscriber, request access here: go.reorg-research.com/Podcast-Trial We're looking for feedback to improve the podcast experience! Please share your thoughts here: www.research.net/r/Reorg_podcast_survey For more information on our latest events and webinars: reorg.com/resources/events-and-webinars/ Sign up to our weekly newsletter Reorg on the Record: reorg.com/resources/reorg-on-the-record/ #leveragedfinance #highyield #restructuring #performingcredit #distresseddebt #debtre

Relevant Reports: EMEA Leveraged Loans Wrap 2023: https://go.reorg-research.com/reorg-emea-leveraged-loans-wrap-2023 EMEA High-Yield Bonds Wrap 2023: https://go.reorg-research.com/european-high-yield-bonds-wrap-2023 Each episode of Reorg's weekly EMEA Core Credit podcast series features detailed discussions on issues and companies across the credit lifecycle. This week’s podcast includes discussions on: -Italian football club Inter, as owner Suning Group looks to extend its loan with Oaktree; -McDermott’s ongoing restructuring process; and -The primary market, with a roundup of action that’s taken place since last week. If you are not a Reorg subscriber, request access here: go.reorg-research.com/Podcast-Trial We're looking for feedback to improve the podcast experience! Please share your thoughts here: www.research.net/r/Reorg_podcast_survey For more information on our latest events and webinars: reorg.com/resources/events-and-webinars/ Sign up to our weekly newsletter Reorg on the Record: reorg.com/r

Relevant Reports: -EMEA Leveraged Loans Wrap: https://go.reorg-research.com/reorg-emea-leveraged-loans-wrap-2023 -EMEA High Yield Bonds Wrap: https://go.reorg-research.com/european-high-yield-bonds-wrap-2023 Each episode of Reorg's weekly EMEA Core Credit podcast series features detailed discussions on issues and companies across the credit lifecycle. This week’s podcast includes discussions on: -Swedish debt collector Intrum, as its notes continue to slide downwards; -Ardagh Group and its own looming debt maturities; -The latest developments in Altice’s ongoing deleveraging plans; and -The primary market, with a roundup of action that’s taken place since last week. If you are not a Reorg subscriber, request access here: go.reorg-research.com/Podcast-Trial We're looking for feedback to improve the podcast experience! Please share your thoughts here: www.research.net/r/Reorg_podcast_survey For more information on our latest events and webinars: reorg.com/resources/events-and-webinars/ Sign up to our weekl