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The list of buyers gearing up to acquire discounted debt is getting even longer, as bond managing giant Pacific Investment Management Co. is raising as much as $5 billion to scoop up mortgage-backed...

The list of buyers gearing up to acquire discounted debt is getting even longer, as bond managing giant Pacific Investment Management Co. is raising as much as $5 billion to scoop up mortgage-backed debt....

Third Avenue Management LLC, founded by longtime distressed debt specialist and activist investor Marty Whitman, will join the increasing ranks of investors launching private equity funds targeting...

Third Avenue Management LLC, founded by longtime distressed debt specialist and activist investor Marty Whitman, will join the increasing ranks of investors launching private equity funds targeting distressed companies. The firm is planning to raise a $3 billion private equity fund keying in on distressed securities, according to a Tuesday Wall Street Journal report.

Life is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” Thomas Hobbes might say the same about life in the stock market for hedge fund managers. The mortality rate found in the hedge fund world is extremely high; it is an ecosystem that is filled with predators and would-be predators.