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Jefferies Plans Further Fixed Income Growth

New York-based Jefferies, which has aggressively expanded its presence in fixed income, was participating as a primary dealer in Tuesday’s auction of notes—a first, since...

Sunrise and Ong Bet on Bonds

John Ong does not believe the leveraged loan market is coming back anytime soon. In fact, he and Sunrise Securities, the boutique investment bank he joined in May, are pretty much betting on it...

Euro HY Market Is ‘Breath of Fresh Air’ for F&C

High yield market participants in Europe couldn’t have been happier with the bonds issued a few weeks ago by health-care concern Fresenius. The first high yield deal in 18 months, many believed it would...

Exchange Vet Returns To Changed Market

Morgan Joseph's James Schneider talks with LeveragedFinanceNews.com about how the debt markets are entering a new era of creativity and complexity...

Secondary Credits Light Up Pall Mall's HY Portfolio

Pall Mall's Chris Brils discusses the strategy behind the firm's pioneering flagship Pall Mall High Yield Europe Plus Fund. The fund is one of the first dedicated long-only high yield bond funds to launch in Europe...

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PIMCO’s Jessup: HY Cos. Have Shaped Up

In 2009, many high yield investors with exposure to triple-C credits made out like bandits, with the kind of returns they might not have thought possible previously. But that time is now over, says Andrew Jessop, high yield portfolio manager at investment behemoth PIMCO...

Imperial Capital: More than Distressed Debt

Imperial Capital is pushing beyond its traditional role as a distressed-debt specialist. The firm's objective: To transform itself into a full-service advisor for M&A and corporate restructurings. And Imperial is acquiring, and hiring, to meet that goal...

AmalCap Sees Big Demand for Small Deals

In an industry where bulge bracket banks and their billion-dollar deals dominate the headlines, Amalgamated Capital is quietly plugging along, providing funding to back purchases of smaller midmarket companies, a market the firm believes is underserved...

Macquarie Expansion Starts in High Yield

Macquarie Group, one of Australia’s largest commercial banks, is the latest foreign institution building an investment banking presence on Wall Street—and in this case, much of the focus will be on leveraged finance...

DebtXplained Drills Down into the Details

Stephen Mostyn-Williams, founder and principal of law and advisory firm smwlaw and a well-known figure in the European leveraged finance world, is concerned about the European market. Since high yield bonds have become the name of the game...

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