777 Partners, the US investment firm trying to buy English football club Everton, has hired restructuring experts to overcome “various operational challenges" trib.al/OpeL1sm

Exclusive: Moelis has been hired to review 777 Partners’ portfolio of football teams, raising fresh questions about the future of one of the sport’s biggest multiclub owners. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

SCOOP: Vista Equity Partners-backed Pluralsight Inc. shifted assets away from its private credit lenders as part of a move to raise fresh financing. With Ellen Rose Schneider and Carmen Arroyo, here’s a gift link: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Private credit is getting a taste of the transactions that have roiled lenders’ investments in public credit. Our full story on Pluralsight out this morning, gift link: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Scoop: A-Cap, a major lender to 777 Partners, has made a proposal to invest in Everton FC, adding another unexpected twist to the takeover saga surrounding the English Premier League football club. With david hellier, gift link: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Scoop: Todd Interests is weighing a bid to buy Paris-based football club Red Star FC from fellow US investment firm 777 Partners, people familiar with the matter said. Gift link: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

very excited for my first Investigative Reporters & Editors and looking forward to the support group for those grieving the end of Longform 😭

Counted 10+ vehicles idling in the bike lane on a five mile ride from queens to bk including a moving truck, an ice cream truck and an MTA bus 🫠

Lenders to risky, debt-laden companies are increasingly demanding protection from financing maneuvers used to undercut creditors when times get tough. With Ellen Rose Schneider bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

PE firm Clearlake grew rapidly at the end of the last decade. Now, as $10B of distressed debt weighs on its portfolio, investors and lenders are getting nervous. With Allison McNeely & Reshmi Basu bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Scoop: Dollar General has reached a companywide settlement with OSHA, agreeing to significantly reduce store inventory to avert hazards, pay $12 million, create new safety protocols, and potentially pay $100,000 a day if future hazards aren't fixed bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Really significant after Josh Eidelson first reported the dangerous and miserable conditions for workers in Dollar General stores last Sept!

very pleased to be able to reject all cookies easily while online in europe but also finding it insane to have to do it like 30 times a day on average

Retail investors are caught in the crossfire of B. Riley Financial Inc.’s downward spiral. The Los Angeles-based investment firm’s mounting problems are shining a light on one of its favored fundraising strategies: “baby bonds” w Claire Ballentine bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Here's the story of how a group of hedge funds won - and then some - piling into the debt of Lumen, a company that's now positioning itself in the artificial intelligence boom. With Sridhar Natarajan and Reshmi Basu, gift link: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Hello to my new football followers, no incisive analysis here but I do have gift links to my football-related scoops. Today: Red Star bloomberg.com/news/articles/…