vulture fund — ➔ fund1 * * * vulture fund UK US noun [C] DISAPPROVING FINANCE, STOCK MARKET ► an investment fund that buys shares cheaply in companies that are failing in order to take control, improve their performance, and so make money: »The vulture funds… … Financial and business terms
vulture investors — (also referred to as vulture capitalists or vulture funds) investment groups that are prominent in the restructuring of financially distressed and bankrupt companies usually by the buying or selling of large pieces of the distressed company s… … Glossary of Bankruptcy
vulture capitalists — (also referred to as vulture funds or vulture investors) investment groups that are prominent in the restructuring of financially distressed and bankrupt companies usually by the buying or selling of large pieces of the distressed company s debt… … Glossary of Bankruptcy
Vulture fund — As the name suggests, these funds are metaphorically vultures patiently circling, waiting to pick over the remains of a rapidly weakening company or, in the case of sovereign debt, debtor. Market practitioners prefer to refer to them as… … Wikipedia
Vulture Fund — A fund that buys securities in distressed investments, such as high yield bonds in or near default, or equities that are in or near bankruptcy. Even highly leveraged firms may be targeted if there is a chance that the owners will not be able to… … Investment dictionary
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