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CITY A.M. reports:
Deutsche Bank is set to make up to $1bn on a long-shot bet on Israeli shipping firm Zim after its value surged following record-high global freight rates, according to a Bloomberg report.
The bank’s distressed debt trader Mark Spehn had wagered less than $100m over the past five years on building a position in the firm through bond and bank loans as shipping rates fell.
Zim recovered to float on the stock market in January this year and has almost tripled in value since.
The company has yielded hefty gains for its backers and made it one of the most successful recent initial public offerings…
Deutsche Bank is the firm’s second largest shareholder with a 13.68 per cent stake, worth $923m.
Zim said earlier this month that Deutsche Bank had been among those to sell shares in the company in a secondary offering worth $279m….
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