Bloomberg Hedge funds holding debt in Puerto Rico’s Government Development Bank sued to stop the island’s key fiscal entity from making payments to local government agencies as it faces a growing cash shortage and the prospect of insolvency. The funds, which include affiliates of Brigade Capital Management, Claren Road Asset Management and Solus Alternative Asset Management, accused the bank in ...

Bloomberg Health insurers that offer private Medicare Advantage plans will get a smaller-than-expected increase in payments next year. The U.S. is raising payments to the insurers by 0.85 percent on average, according to a statement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, down from the 1.35 percent boost proposed in February. Payments to individual insurers can vary, because CMS ...

Bloomberg Vale SA, the world’s largest iron ore producer, is selling its share in Brazilian steel mill venture CSA to German partner Thyssenkrupp AG for a “symbolic price,” the company said, part of a strategy to dispose of non-core assets to help bolster its balance sheet. The miner based in Rio de Janeiro will exit the venture by unloading its ...