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Focusing on Loans, Cairn Seeks Advisory Mandates

Andrew Burke, who heads up Cairn Capital's leveraged finance business, has shifted gears to focus on the firm's Loan Opportunity Fund...

Aviva High Yield Bulks Up And Goes Global

Aviva Capital Management's new head of high yield, Todd Youngberg, sees now as a good time to jump into the junk bond market, which holds opportunities for those who think globally...

Thacher Proffitt Taps Into Distressed

Taking advantage of the current economic situation is law firm Thacher Proffitt & Wood, which has drawn upon its expertise in the structured finance and capital markets sectors to form a distressed asset practice group...

RBC Streamlines Trading, Takes Aim At U.S.

Canada's largest bank has streamlined its U.S. high grade and high yield bond trading desks, and it is bringing someone in to head its U.S. public loan trading...

TXU: Private Equity's Landmark Deal

At the San Francisco Mandarin Oriental Hotel in February 2007, a gathering set the foundation for what would become the largest leveraged buyout in history...

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