BERLIN (Reuters) - Major private equity firms, which have built up big distressed debt funds in recent years, are ready to snap up assets on the cheap if market disruptions continue, senior executives said at an industry meeting this week. Distressed asset investment took centrestage at the SuperReturn conference in Berlin as financial markets reeled from investor panic over the coronavirus outbreak which has so far wiped $5 trillion off equities. Industry officials debated when a global...

LONDON (Reuters) - Government debt agencies in a number of European Union countries have started switching contracts from the London divisions of banks to those on the continent as they prepare for Brexit with a process some describe as painful and tricky. FILE PHOTO: People walk through the Canary Wharf financial district of London, Britain, December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo Officials from the agencies of five countries told Reuters they are in the process of changing their...

(Repeats Thursday item) * Several EU countries say they are reworking dealer contracts * Differences in banks’ approach painful, official says * Banker says work involves redrafting terms of business * Questions over English law documents remain LONDON, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Government debt agencies in a number of European Union countries have started switching contracts from the London divisions of banks to those on the continent as they prepare for Brexit with a process some describe as...