Risk.net – The current legal and political wrangling surrounding Detroit’s long-awaited decline into bankruptcy may outweigh opportunities for hedge funds to gain exposure to the city’s debt.
The July 18 announcement that the city of Detroit, Michigan, would file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy came as a surprise to no-one. Once the epicentre of the US automotive industry, the Motor City has quite literally struggled to keep the lights on in recent years as its industrial core collapsed following the financial crisis.
