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Debt instruments, funding costs remain in focus as Reits report Q1 earnings
HIGHER cost of funding is likely to continue to weigh on distributions for Singapore-listed real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) in the upcoming reporting season. Analysts told The Business Times...
NFL Star and Actor OJ Simpson Leaves Behind Over $100 Million Debt to Ron Goldman’s Family
Former football star OJ Simpson passed away on Wednesday, leaving unresolved debts to the family of Ron Goldman, who was murdered along with Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson. Despite...
JPMorgan juices bets on the red-hot debt market in Sri Lanka
GLOBAL money managers are turning to Sri Lanka’s local-currency government bonds as a catch-up trade in the country’s red-hot debt market on optimism for a restructuring deal.JPMorgan Asset Management...
France’s Atos seeks debt restructuring plan by July after record losses
FRENCH IT consulting firm Atos is aiming to restructure its debt by July, the group said on Tuesday (Mar 26), after posting record annual losses as uncertainty looms of...
France’s Atos opens debt restructuring talks after posting record losses
ATOS, the crisis-hit French IT consulting firm whose shares plummeted over the last two years, said it was aiming to restructure its heavy pile of debt by July, paving...
IMF is lending near record US$150 billion to counter debt and wars
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) is lending near a record amount to almost 100 countries, evidence of its growing role as a backstop against the financial and political dangers...
Drahi agrees to 1.6 billion euro Altice Media sale as debt looms
FRANCE’S billionaire Saadé family has agreed to buy Patrick Drahi’s Altice Media, including French news channel BFM TV, for a total enterprise value of 1.55 billion euros (S$2.25 billion)....
Thai contractor faces 108 billion baht debt crunch as some overseas projects fail
A CASH crunch at Thailand’s largest construction company is fuelling concern among investors, regulators and rating agencies already unnerved by a series of local corporate scandals and debt defaults....
