Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Bear Stearns, Creditors May Help Save Hedge Fund, Person Familiar Says

(Bloomberg) -- Bear Stearns Cos., the biggest
broker for U.S. hedge funds, offered to provide $1.5 billion in
loans to help rescue a money-losing fund run by its asset-
management unit, a person familiar with the situation said.

The plan calls for New York-based Bear Stearns to provide
the money only if some of the hedge fund's creditors, which
include Merrill Lynch & Co. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., inject
$500 million of cash into the fund, said the person, who
declined to be named because the negotiations aren't public.


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