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Ares sued by Millette’s Hudson debt fund over aircraft loan

Bloomberg Ares Management was sued by a specialist credit fund co-founded by a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc partner over the sale of collateral on a loan to a struggling Norwegian airline. Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd claims that several Ares funds that held the notes directed that aircraft used as collateral be sold to an Ares affiliate, despite a ...

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Private jet sales boom as rich buy up

Bloomberg The coronavirus pandemic has created an overhang of pent-up travel demand and left unspent money burning holes in the pockets of the well-to-do. Put the two together and the result is a hunger for private jets. Buyers have scooped up so many of the good used planes out there that they’re now getting on waiting lists to purchase new ...

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Japan’s refusal to sanction Myanmar undermines US president’s strategy

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Bloomberg When hundreds of protesters gathered outside Japan’s embassy in Yangon during the height of nationwide anti-coup protests in February, Ambassador Ichiro Maruyama emerged from the gates with a firm warning for the junta: Release the detained civilian leadership “immediately.” The remarks, delivered in Burmese, drew applause from pro-democracy demonstrators hoping Japan would take concrete action to pressure Myanmar’s military, ...

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