Billionaire investor Carl Icahn offered Tuesday to buy certain classes of debt from CIT Group Inc. bondholders as he tries to thwart a restructuring plan by the commercial lender. Icahn said in a letter he will pay those bondholders 60 cents on the dollar for… Sponsored Topics: CitGroup – CarlIcahn – Loan – Debt – Business
Icahn Announces Tender Offer for Smaller CIT Debt Holders (Bloomberg)
Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) — Carl Icahn, the billionaire investor who says he is the largest bondholder of CIT Group Inc., is offering smaller noteholders protection if they support him in opposing the lender’s debt exchange.
Nationwide’s Mortgage Bonds Help Thaw Asset-Backed Debt Market (Bloomberg)
Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) — Nationwide Building Society’s sale of bonds backed by U.K. home loans may help reopen Europe’s $3.3 trillion market for asset-backed debt, which all but shut after the credit crisis caused investors to shun hard-to-value assets.
Fund Manager Pellegrini Says Shorting U.S Debt ‘Attractive Bet’ (Bloomberg)
Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) — Paolo Pellegrini , the former Paulson & Co. hedge-fund manager who helped make more than $3 billion with bets on a U.S. housing crash, said shorting long-term U.S. debt is the “only attractive bet” for investment.
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