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Investing in blank-check companies has made hedge funds big winners in the SPAC boom.
Some market insiders are wary that SPAC mania may be bad news for mom-and-pop investors.
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Hedge funds have been big winners in the blank-check-company mania that s gripped markets over the past year to the point that some industry veterans are wary of what they re seeing.
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Distressed investment specialist Schultze Asset Management eyes ‘late stage’ catalyst trades
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By Hugh Leask | 11/01/2021 - 3:57pm
Schultze Asset Management, a distressed investing specialist which targets a range of restructuring situations on a long and short basis, is forecasting a slew of investment catalysts in this area as the global economy gradually recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.
Founder George Schultze said the best opportunities in the distressed investing space during 2021 are likely to be in post-reorganisation equities, which offer event-driven return catalysts such as spinoffs, M&A, special dividends, and stock buybacks.
“Post-distress equities are those stocks that formerly went through a reorganizasion and/or recapitalsation as a result of their prior distress – this phase represents the ‘late stage’ bucket of investing in distressed deals,” Schultze told Hedgeweek.
Schultze Asset Management appoints hedge fund veteran to lead business development efforts
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06/01/2021 - 9:09am
Schultze Asset Management, an investment firm specialising in financially troubled and distressed companies, has hired Angela Lui as the Managing Director and Head of Business Development.
In this role, Lui, a hedge fund veteran, will work to create new business opportunities and oversee strategic initiatives to expand the firm’s client base.
“We are delighted to have someone of Angela Lui’s caliber to head up our business development efforts,” says George Schultze, Founder of Schultze Asset Management. “Her experience in the hedge fund space, strategy and distribution will be invaluable as we assess opportunities among distressed companies and follow through on our growth plans for 2021.”
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Clever Leaves Announces Approval of Merger Transaction by its Shareholders and Provides Background on Holdco Board of Directors
NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2020
Clever Leaves International Inc. (“Clever Leaves”), a leading multi-national operator and licensed producer of pharmaceutical-grade cannabinoids, held a special meeting of its shareholders last Friday, December 11
th, where it successfully received the majority of its shareholders’ approval for the consummation of its business combination with Schultze Special Purpose Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: SAMA, SAMAW, and SAMAU) (“SAMA”), pursuant to which a newly formed holding company, Clever Leaves Holdings Inc. (“Clever Leaves Holdings” or “Holdco”), will acquire SAMA and Clever Leaves and will be a Nasdaq-listed public company trading under the ticker CLVR.