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Bracebridge Capital, another holdout hedge fund, will be paid $1.15 billion, representing a 952 percent return on bonds with principal worth $120 million, according to the data.
- ↑ Gilbert, Jonathan; Stevenson, Alexandra (February 29, 2016). "Argentina Reaches Deal With Hedge Funds Over Debt". The New York Times. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
The four holdout firms, including Aurelius, a hedge fund run by Mark Brodsky, a former trader at Mr. Singer's Elliott Management; Davidson Kempner; and Bracebridge Capital, have agreed not to try to prevent Argentina from raising new money, which it will need to do in order to pay the settlements it has made.
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