How to Spot Distress Before It Turns Into Bankruptcy Using Bloomberg Tools
Identifying which companies are on the brink of trouble is crucial for equity investors and analysts & for corporations, which need to monitor their supply chains for distress, as well as for fixed-income investors.
In this Webinar, Bloomberg's market and workflow specialists will show you how to use the terminal to identify companies that:
- Are trading at or near distressed levels
- Are missing coupon payments
- Have grace periods for missed coupon payments
- Have sought covenant waivers for their syndicated loans
- Are in forbearance in their syndicated loans
- Have bonds in technical default
- Have cross-default provisions
- Have a high probability of default
Speakers
Liz Goldenberg
Market Specialist for securities finance, stock loan and liquidity
Bloomberg L.P.
Liz Goldenberg is Bloomberg's Market Specialist for securities finance & liquidity. Before joining the specialist team, she was part of Bloomberg's product development team, concentrating on liquidity and transparency workflow functionality for fixed-income products. Prior to joining Bloomberg News 20 years ago, she was a client & head of the short-term loan trading desk at TD Securities, and she traded fed funds, futures, CP and handled bank funding. Before embarking on a career in finance, Liz worked in the White House Office of Media Relations for President Reagan.
Ralph Cimmino
Credit Market Specialist
Bloomberg L.P.
Ralph is an accomplished Fixed Income and Derivatives executive with extensive experience in asset management, technology, and capital markets. As a member of the Bloomberg L.P.’s Market Specialist Team, he manages all relationships with Sell-Side Credit clients. Before joining Bloomberg he worked as a Senior Portfolio Manager at Millennium, Capstone and most recently Marinus Capital. Before moving to the buy-side, Ralph spent ten years in Debt Capital Markets at major sell-side firms. As part of Debt Capital Markets at UBS, he was Global Head of Liability Management. He also held similar senior DCM positions at JPMorgan and Credit Suisse. Ralph has an MBA from Columbia Business School and a degree in Finance from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.