Hedging their debts

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FEATURE: Hedging their debts Hedge funds are providing loans for everything from small outfits, like payday lenders and start-up technology firms, to large automotive companies, airlines, and retailers. They are snapping up securitized loan bundles tailored to sate their appetite for risk, scooping up higher-risk loans on the open market, and swooping in to provide companies with bailout funds.

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