Argentina

• Friday, July 25th 2014 - 05:58 UTC

  Argentines consider Mujica far “more honest” than Cristina Fernandez

  

  An 'honesty' ranking by Argentine pollster, Giacobbe & Associates, based on 500 names, both alive and deceased, shows the country's public opinion poor belief in the political system, with president Cristina Fernández ranked 38, fourteen positions down from a similar poll last year and behind her Uruguayan peer Jose Mujica ranked 11.

• Friday, July 25th 2014 - 05:49 UTC

  Holdouts lash out at Argentina: “it is choosing to default next week”

  

  NML Capital Ltd, one of the lead holdout creditors in Argentina's sovereign bond dispute said on Thursday the Argentine government refused to negotiate through a mediator and was all but preparing to default on already restructured debt.

• Friday, July 25th 2014 - 05:36 UTC

  Argentina/holdouts will meet again on Friday; “issues remain unresolved”

  

  Daniel A. Pollack, the Special Master appointed by Judge Thomas P. Griesa to conduct and preside over settlement negotiations between Argentina and the holdouts from speculative funds said that Thursday's meeting had failed and announced a new audience for Friday at 10:00 in the morning in New York.

• Friday, July 25th 2014 - 05:22 UTC

  “The muddled case of Argentine bonds”, as seen by New York Times

  

  The following piece was written by Floyd Norris, financial analyst from The New York Times and refers to the complicated process that has emerged from the ongoing battle between Argentina and the holdouts demanding full payment of sovereign bonds, plus accrued interests.

• Friday, July 25th 2014 - 05:14 UTC

  Argentina insists on Griesa for some insurance against the RUFO clause

  

  After failing to reach an agreement during Thursday's meeting with court-appointed mediator Daniel Pollack, Argentina reiterated that there could be no negotiations with speculative funds or 'vulture funds' until judge Thomas Griesa provides some insurance against possible liabilities related to the 'Rights upon Future Offers' (RUFO) clause.

• Thursday, July 24th 2014 - 22:55 UTC

  Speculative funds denies any request to temporary suspend payment order

  

  Argentine debt holdout investor Mark Brodsky, chairman of Aurelius Capital Management, said his group will not ask US Judge Thomas Griesa to suspend his payment order, after a story in Argentina's La Nacion newspaper on Thursday suggested that Paul Singer’s NML Capital Ltd could ask Griesa to reinstate the stay of injunction as requested by Argentina.

• Thursday, July 24th 2014 - 07:01 UTC

  In defiant speech CFK openly brushes aside any default “because Argentina has paid”

  

  In a defiant speech President Cristina Fernández reiterated on Wednesday that Argentina will “not fall into default” and warned that “they will have to invent a new word” to explain how a country has paid its debt and “someone blocked it”.

• Thursday, July 24th 2014 - 06:09 UTC

  Peron's iconic 1951 Cadillac limousine to be auctioned in London

  

  A 1951 Cadillac limousine owned by former Argentine president Juan Domingo Peron will be auctioned at Silverstone Auctions in England. The car, which was part of a Peron-Eva exhibition at the Eva Peron Museum in Buenos Aires, is privately owned, and was handed over to the auction house. The Cadillac has an estimated value of between 200,000 and 260,000 pounds.

• Wednesday, July 23rd 2014 - 06:51 UTC

  Argentina claims Griesa is blocking bondholders money and using 'vulture funds' language

  

  Argentina reacted strongly to Tuesday's events in the New York federal court which denied its stay request, claiming Judge Thomas Griesa “did not solve absolutely any of the issues for which he summoned today's audience”, insisting with his “unbelievable ban” on structured bonds' collecting their payment.

• Wednesday, July 23rd 2014 - 06:42 UTC

  Holdouts want to sit down with Argentina and solve the dispute; 'countdown clock'

  

  Following on Tuesday's audience with Judge Thomas Griesa, NML Capital the leading speculative fund litigating with Argentina, issued a release saying “it is willing to hold a meeting with 'Special Master' Daniel Pollack and Argentina to solve the dispute”.