Restructuring advisor Michael Sellinger of GLC Advisors & Co. discusses how Caesars Entertainment can avoid an out-of-court restructuring for its struggling operating company, Caesars Entertainment Operating Company. He explores with Debtwire Middle Market Editor Jon Berke and Debtwire gaming reporter Laura J. Keller whether investors would be wise to snap up bankrupt Florida Gaming Centers to take an early position in a potentially burgeoning Florida gaming market. ROC Finance’s woes and trends in tribal gaming and regional gaming are also discussed.

Episode 4, talking Caesars & Miami jai-alai w/ GLC's Michael Sellinger

Rick Rule, chairman of mining sector-focused Sprott Global Resource Investments, tells Debtwire’s mining reporter Laura J. Keller why developing country Sierra Leone’s African Minerals gets his investment but the US’s Allied Nevada and Molycorp don’t. Rule and Keller narrow in on junior mining companies’ cries about a dearth of capital in the market and explore Rule’s contention that mezzanine capital with interest rates of 15% to 20% is still cheaper than issuing equity. He argues the disappearance of cheap capital might lead to higher efficiencies from juniors’ management teams. They also discuss consolidation possibilities in the West African gold sector and the juniors. 

Episode 5, Talking Mining With Rick Rule Of Sprott Investments

With healthcare a hot restructuring topic, Jon Berke, editor of Debtwire Middle Market, sat down with Guy Sansone, the managing director of Alvarez & Marsal’s healthcare practice, to discuss regulatory and financial factors impacting companies in the space. 

They discuss how Obamacare will impact home healthcare providers such Gentiva, and  potential M&A activity in the hospital space dominated by issuers such as Tenet Healthcare and HCA. They also examine how the fallout from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) now bidding for distribution affects the likes of Rotech Healthcare and other companies. 

Laura J. Keller produced this episode. 

Episode 6, talking healthcare restructuring w/ Guy Sansone of Alvarez & Marsal

DDJ Capital Management founder Dave Breazzano discusses with Debtwire reporter Laura J. Keller where he drums up high-yield and distressed investing ideas. The thirty-year market veteran also talks about efforts to bring more transparency in to the leverage loan arena, and how diverging from Wall Street’s herd mentality can drive profits when firms’ credit-specific opinions are unshaken by headline risk.

Breazzano also reveals his best-ever investment: Frontier Airlines.

Other credits referenced include Caesars Entertainment, Momentive Performance Materials, M*Modal and Toys R’ Us. 
