New Developments 2008

September 11, 2008

EMTA Remembers.

Save the Date!  EMTA Special Presentation “EM Corporate Bonds: Legal and Practical Considerations - As Important as Fundamentals?”  in London on October 15, 2008. Invitations to be distributed shortly. 

September 9, 2008

EMTA and ISDA To Sponsor Joint Symposium on November 18, 2008 in New York City on NDF, NDO and NDS Documentation. 

September 2, 2008

International Working Group of Sovereign Wealth Funds Reaches a Preliminary Agreement on Draft Set Generally Accepted Principles and Practices - "Santiago Principles".

August 21, 2008

EMTA Corporate Bond Forum in New York, Sponsored by ING Financial Markets, to be Held on September 17, 2008.  Click Here to Register. 

EMTA Forum in Singapore to be Held on October 23, 2008 and EMTA Forum in Hong Kong to be Held on October 27, 2008. Invitations to be distributed shortly.

August 20, 2008

EMTA Announces 2Q Debt Trading Stood at US$1.218 Trillion.

August 19, 2008

Moody's Upgrades Peru's Foreign-Currency Government Bond Rating from Ba2 to Ba1.

August 15, 2008

Standard & Poor's Upgrades Trinidad & Tobago's Long-Term Sovereign Rating from A- to A.

August 13, 2008

Holiday Schedule for EM Bond Trades for UK Summer Bank and US Labor Day Holidays. 

August 11, 2008

Standard & Poor's Downgrades Argentina's Long-Term Foreign Currency Rating from B+ to B. 

August 7, 2008

Standard & Poor's Downgrades the Seychelles' Long-Term Foreign Currency Rating from CCC to SD.