Apollo's Financial Origami Is Smart — And Scary
The deal, named Fox Hedge LP, has repackaged $5 billion of loans and other debts that were already owned by Apollo's funds and, through clever financial origami, turned them into bonds mainly for Athene to own, Bloomberg News reported this week.
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