English Dictionary

vulture fund

名詞

軽蔑的

(derogatory) A hedge fund or private equity fund that invests in debt considered to be very weak or in imminent default. Investors profit by buying debt at a discounted price on a secondary market and then suing the debtor for a larger amount than the purchasing price.

日本語の意味

不良債権（極めて信用不安定な、または差し迫った債務不履行が予想される負債）に投資するヘッジファンドまたはプライベート・エクイティファンドを指す用語。これらのファンドは、二次市場で割引価格で債権を購入し、後に債務者に対してより大きな金額を得るために訴訟を起こす手法で利益を上げる。

Critics accused the vulture fund of exploiting a country's bankruptcy to demand full repayment through aggressive lawsuits.

批評家たちは、不良債務を割安で買い取り、その後訴訟でより多くを回収しようとするハゲタカ投資ファンドが国の破産を利用していると非難した。

意味（1）

(derogatory) A hedge fund or private equity fund that invests in debt considered to be very weak or in imminent default. Investors profit by buying debt at a discounted price on a secondary market and then suing the debtor for a larger amount than the purchasing price.

This chapter discusses current official initiatives designed to curb vulture fund litigation and proposes a rethinking of the doctrine of sovereign immunity as a key measure to curb the predatory behaviour of vulture funds.

vulture funds （ plural ）