Players in the distressed-debt market are increasing their attention on publicly listed companies for their next deals, according to market participants surveyed by the Financial Review DealBook.

Toll road builder Brisconnections , paper merchant PaperlinX , Boom Logistics , agribusiness operator Elders , timber company Gunns , and crop protection group Nufarm are among the public companies that debt traders are watching as they approach refinancing deadlines amid difficult market conditions.