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Old 23rd Sep 2019, 13:14
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Originally Posted by Hong Kong Dave
Question : Was the failure caused by hedge funds which wanted the recent rescue attempt to fail ? i.e. they stood to make more money from Thomas Cook failing than being saved, because the had a large potential payout from credit default swaps if it failed, versus what they'd get in case of a rescue.
Bloomberg thinks so:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...l?srnd=premium

More background:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ult-protection
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