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Author Dominique Mielle: Damsel in Distressed

56 minutes Posted Nov 3, 2021 at 7:49 pm.

: The WorldCom bond trade.

: Dealing with a losing investment.

: Importance of expertise and networks in distressed investing. Distressed investing as a game of chess.

: Distressed investing as an apprenticeship business.

: Generalist vs. sector specialist model.

: Hertz bankruptcy.

: Airline bankruptcy investing and Equipment Trust Certificates.

: How distressed investing changed over the past decades.

: Navigating the financial crisis in 2008

: Mental resilience and losses.

: Losses are unavoidable.

: The business of investing: building a CLO business, raising capital.

: Pitching, fundraising.

: Women in hedge funds. “In 20 years, I only met one other female partner who was doing distressed. And she's a friend of mine.”

: Implications of hedge funds as a mature industry.

: Pitching and communicating ideas.

: Managing a team of analysts.

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Dominique Mielle was a partner and senior portfolio manager at Canyon Capital, a $25 billion fund, where she worked for twenty years. In this episode we discussed her career in the world of distressed investing, her book, and the hedge fund industry in general.

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