Meanings
nounvulture fund (plural vulture funds)
plural vulture funds
- derogatorybusinessA hedge fund or private equity fund that invests in debt considered to be very weak or in imminent default. Investors profit by buying debt at a discounted price on a secondary market and then suing the debtor for a larger amount than the purchasing price.
This chapter discusses current official initiatives designed to curb vulture fund litigation and proposes a rethinking of the doctrine of sovereign immunity as a key measure to curb the predatory behaviour of vulture funds.
2018, Ilias Bantekas, Cephas Lumina, Sovereign Debt and Human Rights, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 498
Translations
Catalan fons voltor
- fons voltorhedge fund
Dutch aasgierfonds
- aasgierfondshedge fund
French fond vautour
- fond vautourhedge fund
German Geierfond
- Geierfondhedge fund
Icelandic hrægammasjóður
- hrægammasjóðurhedge fund
Italian fondo avvoltoio
- fondo avvoltoiohedge fund
Portuguese fundo abutre
- fundo abutrehedge fund
Spanish fondo buitre
- fondo buitrehedge fund
Swedish gamfond
- gamfondhedge fund
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