在过去的几十年里，劳泽德公司（Lazard Inc.）一直是政府债务重组领域的领军企业，在全球范围内处理那些因巨额债务而濒临财政崩溃国家的问题，并成功帮助它们从经济灾难的边缘挽救回来。然而现在，连这个拥有175年历史的老牌公司也面临着前所未有的挑战——它曾经在19世纪为加州金矿事业提供融资、20世纪救纽约市于破产边缘，还在21世纪为希腊债务重组出力，却也在这场全球金融的角力中感到压力倍增。
来自中国和债权投资者的新诉求正在施压，竞争变得激烈起来。不仅如此，连昔日的同行银行家如今也成为竞争对手，市场上的挑战者们在不断涌现，让劳泽德公司不得不面对前所未有的竞争环境。
与此同时，在2024年美国大选的唯一一次副总统辩论中，蒂姆·瓦尔兹和JD·文森两人的表现最为引人注目的亮点是他们对于谈话的尊重程度超乎预期。为此，布鲁克林新闻集团（Bloomberg）的高级编辑温迪·本杰明森加入了主持Sarah·霍尔德的队伍，在节目中讨论这一辩论对两位候选人的选情影响和从礼让到激烈的不同对话风格意味着什么。
而在本周二的一次特别访谈中，布鲁克林新闻集团的主持人大卫·古拉与布鲁克林新闻集团耶路撒冷分社记者丹尼尔·威廉姆斯和迪拜分社记者Juomanna·伯塞尔奇一起深入探讨了中国的影响及其可能对地区以及美国造成的后果。
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新闻来源：www.bloomberg.com
原文地址：China, New Rivals Create Challenges for Investment Bank Lazard: Big Take
新闻日期：2024-10-02
原文摘要：
For decades, Lazard Inc. dominated the rarefied world of government debt restructuring, flying into countries drowning in debt and helping to rescue them from financial ruin. Now, this business is getting tougher for everyone — even the 175-year-old company whose executives played a role in financing the California gold rush in the 19th century, saving New York City from near bankruptcy in the 20th and restructuring Greece’s debt in the 21st. Demands from China and debt investors are adding pressure — and the competition is getting more vigorous, including from Lazard’s own former bankers.Read In the first and only vice presidential debate of the 2024 US election cycle, Tim Walz and JD Vance’s biggest surprise for the American people was just how respectful they kept the conversation. On today’s episode, Bloomberg senior editor Wendy Benjaminson joins host Sarah Holder to – from the cordial to the confrontational – and what Vance and Walz’s performances mean for their tickets.On Tuesday, Big Take host David Gura sat down with Dan Williams, a reporter in Bloomberg’s Jerusalem bureau, and Joumanna Bercetche in Dubai to and look at the possible repercussions for the region and the US.Subscribe and listen on , and .
