Brazil’s Odebrecht Files for Bankruptcy in U.S. [WSJ; August 26, 2019]

Ditech plan rejected as judge finds that company can’t sell mortgage-servicing rights and reverse-mortgage business free and clear of consumer claims [Bloomberg; August 28, 2019]

First annual upturn in corporate insolvencies globally, since the financial crisis, with marked upturn in North America in particular

Could the US already be in a recession?  [USA Today; June 25, 2019]

Puerto Rico’s Financial Oversight and Management Board proposes bankruptcy plan framework that would cut debt payments by half over the next 30 years [CNBC; June 16, 2019]

As part of proposed agreement between CFPB, attorneys general from 43 states and defunct for-profit

Bipartisan proposal for new small business provisions in Bankruptcy Code [American Bankruptcy Institute Journal; May 2019]

Latest memo from Oaktree’s Howard Marks on why this time market cycle isn’t different [OakTree; June 12, 2019]

Is the “vast” liquidity in the market a mirage?  Bloomberg chimes in [Bloomberg; June 13, 2019]

Morgan Stanley Business Conditions Index