Published October 29, 2009 at 12:33 PM
Fewer retailers are filing for bankruptcy than in the first half of 2009. That's what Cory Lipoff, a vice president with the strategic advisory and reorganization firm Hilco Merchant Resources LLC told us in this interview. For those retailers already in bankruptcy, however, the ability to reorganize is more difficult today than it has been in the past. In this edition of Inside the Deal, Lipoff says the inventories of many retailers are so highly leveraged that there's little if any money available for a reorganization. See the video below or
download it at iTunes. - Suzanne Stevens
Goldman, Sachs & Co. veteran Tracy Caliendo will join Bank of America Merrill Lynch in September as a managing director and head of Americas equity hedge fund services. For other updates launch today's Movers & shakers slideshow.