Perry Capital hedge fund

CNBCRichard Perry.Perry Capital, a $10 billion New York-based multistrategy hedge fund led by Goldman Sachs alum Richard Perry, is making a $1 billion bet against investment-grade business bonds, in accordance with the Wall Street Journal.

The Journal reports that Perry Capital is shorting financial obligation granted by 10 companies. The report don't specify which organizations, but it stated the fund's quick bet included owners of commercial property and telecom businesses.

For the trade, the investment purchased credit-default swaps from the bonds at a high price around ten dollars million a year, the report said.

The hedge investment stands to profit handsomely if the companies tend to be downgraded by ratings companies.

Investment-grade bonds have actually a rating of Better Business Bureau or higher by traditional & bad's or Baa3 or maybe more by Moody's. They have been companies viewed as getting the best balance sheets. If they are downgraded, it might be a more impressive sign about the health for the economy.