I have spoken to a number of people over the past months who have raised money or built technology to take advantage of a broadly anticipated distressed opportunity which was certainly to be occasioned by the pandemic. Did I miss it? Was I distracted by the First Family’s secret service chomping dog controversy or the upcoming UFO big reveal? Did it get by me when I simply wasn’t at my desk, making coffee?
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The Jack and Rick Show: Point and Counterpoint
By Rick Jones on
I’m a great admirer of Jack Cohen and his periodic market commentary. I answered his last one and then after the two of us talked, we decided we’d publish them together as a duet. So here you go.
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Dechert OnPoint: Japanese Risk Retention: JFSA Favors Diligence Over Disruption
By Kelly Nash on
On March 15, the day the Japanese Financial Services Agency (the “JFSA”) published its final risk retention rules, Dechert’s CLO team published an OnPoint discussing the new final Japanese risk retention rules and their impact on the CLO market.
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Dechert’s Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Tracker: The Times They Are A-(Block)cha(i)ngin’
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Come gather ‘round people wherever you roam because, with apologies to Bob Dylan, in the past year the blockchain and cryptocurrency waters have grown. In less than a year these topics went from obscure lore to a multibillion dollar question on most everyone’s mind. From tokenized securities to decentralized ledgers to smart contracts, blockchain technology …