• Ironshield Capital Management’s David Nazar flagged growing opportunities in European stressed and distressed credit amid market dislocation.
• Focus remains on European sub-investment grade issuers with smaller or mid-sized capital structures, where limited coverage can drive mispricing.
• Strategy centers on secondary-market purchases at discounts, not direct lending or par loan origination.
• Nazar cited elevated defaults, higher funding costs, sector dispersion, refinancing pressure, and creditor-on-creditor liability management as key drivers.
• Positioned as idiosyncratic, Europe-focused alpha rather than broad credit or equity market beta.

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