Lumen’s CFO Looks Ahead After ‘Moonshot’ Debt Deal That Worked
Lumen Technologies is reducing leverage and reinventing itself as an AI play after completing one of the biggest-ever out-of-court debt restructurings. “We had to keep as many winners as possible if w...
17 Sep 46min
Columbia Threadneedle Scans AI Debt Rush for Alpha Opportunity
Columbia Threadneedle is looking to outperform by buying into the flood of debt from companies building artificial intelligence infrastructure. “It’s really the best place to try to find some volatili...
3 Sep 49min
‘Things Are Going to Get Crazier’: AI Debt Deluge Recalls 2007 Risks
Massive borrowing by artificial intelligence companies — some of it to fund their own customers — risks inflating a technology-sector bubble, according to Seaport Research Partners. “Things are going ...
27 Aug 53min
BMO Slashes Junk Debt Holdings as Geopolitical, Economic Risks Spread
BMO Asset Management, which oversees almost C$300 billion ($218 billion), has cut its junk-bond holdings and moved into safer parts of credit as geopolitical and macroeconomic pressures mount. “We lov...
20 Aug 52min
LBO Debt Coming Due Is Next Big Test for Credit Markets, Says ICG
Companies need to move fast to refinance leveraged-buyout debt coming due over the next few years, according to ICG. “Folks should start getting ahead of it because the traffic jam may be more the iss...
13 Aug 45min
Investors Keeping Score on 'Bad PIK', Benefit Street Partners' Kumar Says
Investors are increasingly wary of lenders who dish out so-called bad PIK, or payment-in-kind interest, to help struggling portfolio companies avoid default, according to Anant Kumar, global investmen...
6 Aug 53min
Wellington Passes on Data Center Debt, Questioning Long-Term Value
Data-center debt returns are falling, risk is rising and there’s uncertainty over what the properties may be worth in the long run, Wellington Management says. “We think a lot about that replacement v...
23 Jul 48min
