New Developments 2015

March 2, 2015

Creditor Engagement Clauses - Pro's and Con's.

• Agenda 
• ICMA Engagement Clause 
• Committees and Sovereign Bond Exchanges, 2003 to present (Charles Blitzer, Blitzer Consulting) 
• Excerpt from Contractual and Policy Improvements for Future Sovereign Debt Restructurings: Proposals for a More Orderly Market (Dean Menegas/Christian Kopf, Spinnaker Capital Limited) 

EMTA Investor Forum in Boston to be Held on April 1, 2015. Click Here to Register.

February 26, 2015

House Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 870 Granting Recognition of Puerto Rico as a "State" for Purposes of Access to Chapter 9 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code – Professor Arturo Porzecanski Statement and Statement of Four Witnesses and Video of the Proceedings.

February 20, 2015

Moody's Downgrades Russia's Sovereign Debt Rating from Baa3 to Ba1.

February 19, 2015

Moody's Downgrades Puerto Rico GO Bonds to Caa1 from B2, COFINA to B3/Caa1 from Ba3/B1.

Statement of Daniel A. Pollack, Special Master in Argentina Debt Litigation.

February 17, 2015

2015 Year-End Forecast Slide Displayed at EMTA Winter Forum in London.

February 13, 2015

Moody's Upgrades Latvia's Government Bond Rating from Baa1 to A3.

February 10, 2015

Venezuela publishes new FX regulations - in English and Spanish.

February 9, 2015

Standard & Poor’s Downgrades Bahrain’s Long-Term Foreign Currency Sovereign Credit Rating from BBB to BBB-.