vulture fund
vulture fund noun: a hedge fund or private equity fund that invests in debt considered to be very weak or in imminent default. Investors profit by buying debt at a discounted price on a secondary market and then suing the debtor for a larger amount than the purchasing price.
Noun
vulture fund (plural vulture funds)
- A hedge fund or private equity fund that invests in debt considered to be very weak or in imminent default. Investors profit by buying debt at a discounted price on a secondary market and then suing the debtor for a larger amount than the purchasing price.
- This chapter discusses current official initiatives designed to curb vulture fund litigation and proposes a rethinking of the doctrine of sovereign immunity as a key measure to curb the predatory behaviour of vulture funds.2018, Ilias Bantekas, Cephas Lumina, Sovereign Debt and Human Rights, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 498
Forms of vulture fund
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Questions about vulture fund
- What does vulture fund mean?
- Vulture fund means a hedge fund or private equity fund that invests in debt considered to be very weak or in imminent default. Investors profit by buying debt at a discounted price on a secondary market and then suing the debtor for a larger amount than the purchasing price.
- What part of speech is vulture fund?
- Vulture fund is a noun.
- What is the plural of vulture fund?
- The plural of vulture fund is vulture funds.
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