New Developments 2011

May 18, 2011

Holiday Schedule for EM Bond Trades for US Memorial Day and UK Spring Bank Holidays.  

May 16, 2011

EMTA, ISDA and the FXC Publish the African Currency Amendment to Annex A to the 1998 Definitions.

Fiscal Agent Notice Regarding May 16, 2011 Payment on Nigeria Payment Adjustment Rights.

May 10, 2011

Presentation by Aldo Mendes, Director of Monetary Policy at the Central Bank of Brazil, at EMTA Forum in Sao Paulo.

May 9, 2011

EMTA Special Seminar: Addressing the Eurozone Dilemma – Lessons from the Emerging Markets to be Held in NYC on June 7, 2011. Click Here to Register.

Standard & Poor's Downgrades Greece's Long-Term Sovereign Credit Rating from BB- to B. 

May 5, 2011

EMTA Central America & Caribbean Forum to be Held on June 1, 2011. Click Here to Register.

Draft Memorandum of Understanding Between Portugal and the EU/IMF/ECB and Portugal and its Gold.

Statement on Portugal by IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn and European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn.

May 4, 2011

CFTC Proposes Rules and Guidance on "Swap" Definitions -- to Include NDFs. 

EMTA Publishes Proposed Final User’s Guide to Non-Deliverable Cross Currency FX Transactions. 

April 29, 2011

Treasury Issues Notice of Proposed Determination of Foreign Exchange Swaps and Forwards. 

Communique from Minister of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire.

OFAC Guidance Regarding the Application of the Sudanese Sanctions to the New State to be Formed by the Secession of Southern Sudan. 

April 14, 2011

Calculations for Payments on Venezuela Oil Obligations Announced. 

April 13, 2011

Venezuela Oil Obligations Record Date of March 31 and Payment Date of April 15 Expected. Trades are "Ex-Dividend" on March 29. Calculations for Payments on the Oil Obligations will be Announced by the Fiscal Agent Shortly.

April 12, 2011

"Building the New Derivatives Regulatory Framework"; Testimony of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Mary Miller.