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Exclusive: Brazil’s Odebrecht in talks to stave off Braskem sale, keep payout – sources

Creditors of Brazil’s Odebrecht SA are in advanced talks to let the corruption-ensnared conglomerate keep its crown jewel asset, listed petrochemical company Braskem SA , for another two years, retreating from their prior demand for a quick sale, two sources with knowledge of the matter said.

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Exclusive: Brazil's Odebrecht in talks to stave off Braskem sale, keep payout – sources

Creditors of Brazil’s Odebrecht SA are in advanced talks to let the corruption-ensnared conglomerate keep its crown jewel asset, listed petrochemical company Braskem SA , for another two years, retreating from their prior demand for a quick sale, two sources with knowledge of the matter said. In a further victory for Odebrecht, which is trying to restructure 51 billion reais ($12.2 billion) in debt, its bank creditors will let it keep receiving most of Braskem’s dividends – now virtually Odebrecht’s sole revenue source – during that period. The engineering and construction company, implicated in a series of graft …read more […]

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Should You Buy TechnipFMC plc (FTI)?

With the first-quarter round of 13F filings behind us it is time to take a look at the stocks in which some of the best money managers in the world preferred to invest or sell heading into the second quarter. One of these stocks was TechnipFMC plc (NYSE:FTI). TechnipFMC plc (NYSE:FTI) investors should be aware […] …read more […]

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Hedge Funds Have Never Been Less Bullish On LyondellBasell Industries NV (LYB)

We are still in an overall bull market and many stocks that smart money investors were piling into surged through the end of November. Among them, Facebook and Microsoft ranked among the top 3 picks and these stocks gained 54% and 51% respectively. Hedge funds’ top 3 stock picks returned 41.7% this year and beat […] …read more […]