It reportedly started in July 2023, when the ED summoned $VEDL's CEO & CFO over "improper brand fee payments". The ED found the fees unjustified under FEMA & corporate governance norms. Talk about a "Brand Fee Freakout." $HZL 3/
Viceroy is short of Vedanta Resources (PropCo), the heavily indebted parent & majority owner of Vedanta Limited (NSE : VEDL). The group structure is financially unsustainable, operationally compromised, & resembles a Ponzi scheme. $VEDL 1/
Our report on Vedanta Resources & its subsidiaries is now available on our website. $VEDL 2/
Our thesis rests on a simple but critical dynamic: VRL is a "parasite" holding company with no significant operations of its own, propped up entirely by cash extracted from its dying "host": $VEDL. This creates a self-destructive feedback loop. 3/
Arbor has modified >$1b of loans in the last 2 months.
Despite modifications, many delinquent loans are not being cured and are falling further into delinquency. 90+ day deliquencies are at their highest point ever at $414m. $ABR 3/
$ABR PIK appears to have grown about $83m this quarter alone, comprising 29% of its interest income and almost 150% of net income. Given Arbor's collateral assets are almost exclusively loss-making (DSCR < 0.5x), these amounts are non-recoverable.
Note: PIK is in other assets. Other assets have shrunk y/y as Arbor break out Real Estate Owned from this figure. $ABR
MPW engages in marked-up uncommercial sale-leaseback deals with European tenants, paying up to 4.3x fair value, in order to finance tenants’ loss-making operations.
In Q2 2023, MPW engaged in significant uncommercial round-trip transactions with its European tenants, Median and Priory Group, via sale-leaseback transactions. Both tenants are owned by Waterland Private Equity, with minority interests from $MPW. 2/
MPW consistently claims Priory Group, its third-largest tenant, is a well-capitalized and profitable machine. This is a lie. Priory Group has been operationally loss-making for years and relies on the proceeds of sale-leaseback transactions to remain solvent. $MPW 3/