Author Dominique Mielle: Damsel In Distressed The Alchemy Of Money podcast

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Author Dominique Mielle: Damsel in Distressed

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Dominique Mielle was a partner and senior portfolio manager at Canyon Capital, a $25 billion fund, where she worked for twenty years. In this episode we discussed her career in the world of distressed investing, her book, and the hedge fund industry in general.

3:00: The WorldCom bond trade.
6:30: Dealing with a losing investment.
9:00: Importance of expertise and networks in distressed investing. Distressed investing as a game of chess.
11:40: Distressed investing as an apprenticeship business.
14:15: Generalist vs. sector specialist model.
17:30: Hertz bankruptcy.
20:40: Airline bankruptcy investing and Equipment Trust Certificates.
28:00: How distressed investing changed over the past decades.
32:00: Navigating the financial crisis in 2008
35:00: Mental resilience and losses.
38:00: Losses are unavoidable.
39:20: The business of investing: building a CLO business, raising capital.
40:59: Pitching, fundraising.
45:00: Women in hedge funds. “In 20 years, I only met one other female partner who was doing distressed. And she's a friend of mine.”
48:30: Implications of hedge funds as a mature industry.
51:25: Pitching and communicating ideas.
53:45: Managing a team of analysts.

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