New Developments 2006

December 1, 2006

EMTA to Host a Special Presentation on 'Partial' Sovereign Restructurings: Official Sector Implications in New York City on December 6, 2006. 

November 29, 2006

List of Live and Silent Auction Items for EM Benefit to Be Held in New York on December 6, 2006 Now Available. 

November 28, 2006

Argentina GDP Warrants Record Date of December 14 (Other Than for YEN Warrants, Which Have a Record Date of December 1) and Payment Date of December 15 Expected. Trades are ‘Ex-Dividend’ on December 12 (Other Than for YEN Warrants Trades, Which Are 'Ex-Dividend' on November 29). Note that Euroclear Changed the Record Date for the Euro-Denominated Warrants (XS0209139244) and the Yen-Denominated Warrants (ARARGE03E675) to November 30, 2006. 

November 22, 2006

Moody's Upgrades Pakistan's Foreign Currency Bond Rating to B1. 

November 21, 2006

EMTA Announces 3Q 2006 Debt Trading Volume Stood at US$1.599 Trillion. 

November 20, 2006

Standard & Poor's Raises Peru's Long-Term Foreign Currency Rating to BB+. 

November 17, 2006

Mexico VRR, Series E, Record Date of December 15 and Payment Date of January 2 Expected. Trades are ‘Ex-Dividend’ on December 13. Calculations for Payments on the VRR's will be Announced by the Fiscal Agent Shortly.

November 15, 2006

Payment on Nigeria Payment Adjustment Rights - Fiscal Agent Notice and Euroclear DACE Notice.

November 13, 2006

Henrique de Campos Meirelles, President, Central Bank of Brazil, to Deliver Keynote Address at EMTA's Annual Meeting on Wednesday, December 6, 2006. Click Here to Register.

November 10, 2006

EMTA's FOCUS ON AFRICA: The Nigerian Financial Markets [Proceedings Subject to the Chatham House Rule]:

• Click Here for remarks by Dr. Mansur Muhtar (Debt Management Office) delivered by Mr. Yukubu Aliyu
• Click Here for remarks by Dr. Sarah Alade (Central Bank of Nigeria)
• Click Here for remarks by Mr. Bode Agusto (Budget Office, Nigerian Ministry of Finance)
• Click Here for remarks by Mr. Bolaji Shenjobi (Money Market Association of Nigeria)
• Click Here for a paper by Miss Eyamba Henshaw (National Pensions Commission) [unable to attend in person]
• Click Here for "Nigeria: Main Findings from EMTA Conference in London" Francis Beddington and Stephen Bailey-Smith (Standard Bank)
• Click Here for "FAQs on Investing in the Nigerian Bond Market" provided by Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie

EMTA Annual Meeting in New York City to be Held on December 6, 2006. Invitations to be distributed shortly.