Tag: Axel Kicillof

• Thursday, August 21st 2014 - 07:07 UTC

  Aurelius Capital brands Argentine leaders 'outlaws' for flouting US courts orders

  

  One of two hedge funds that sued Argentina over defaulted bonds branded the country's leaders “outlaws” on Wednesday after Buenos Aires moved to shift its bond payment method.

• Wednesday, August 20th 2014 - 09:22 UTC

  Nervous Cristina skirts New York court and pledges to service swapped bonds in Argentina

  

  President Cristina Fernandez said on Tuesday her government will move to service its defaulted debt in Argentina or allow bondholders to swap their bonds for new bonds governed by national law in order to get around a U.S. court order.

• Thursday, August 14th 2014 - 06:11 UTC

  Argentina: US dollar reaches a new record of 13.15 Pesos in Buenos Aires 'blue' market

  

  The US dollars climbed to a record 13.15 Pesos on the black or 'blue' market on Wednesday trading as fears mount regarding the outcome of the holdout bonds conflict with the New York court. The official dollar rate closed at 8.2750 Pesos.

• Saturday, August 9th 2014 - 07:45 UTC

  Despite warning, Kicillof again defies and again accuses Griesa of 'partiality'

  

  Economy ministry Axel Kicillof once again defiantly insisted Argentina has made a required debt payment on restructured sovereign bonds on Friday night, just hours after a U.S. judge threatened a contempt-of-court order if Argentina did not stop issuing such statements.

• Friday, August 8th 2014 - 09:07 UTC

  Argentina announces measures to prop the economy and avoid redundancies

  

  A day after Economy minister Axel Kicillof admitted problems with the Argentine economy, president Cristina Fernandez announced on Thursday a battery of measures to prop economic activity, open the labor market for young people, avoid redundancies and give the property market a thrust.

• Thursday, August 7th 2014 - 07:02 UTC

  Argentina closer to contempt of court as it suggests bondholders to change paymaster

  

  New York district judge Thomas Griesa and the Argentine government are again on the collision course: while the magistrate has ordered the Bank of New York Mellon to retain the funds deposited by Argentina to pay exchange bondholders and declaring the payment “illegal”, the Ministry of Economy in Buenos Aires suggested bondholder should change BONY for a new intermediary institution.

• Wednesday, August 6th 2014 - 08:02 UTC

  Argentina will demand Citibank and BONY to pay exchange bondholders

  

  The Argentine Government will formally demand that Citibank and the Bank of New York Mellon pay exchange bondholders, the Economy Ministry informed on Tuesday in a press release.

• Sunday, August 3rd 2014 - 13:22 UTC

  “Argentina Finds Relentless Foe in Paul Singer’s Hedge Fund”

  

  The following article by Peter Eavis and Alexandra Stevenson was published in The New York Times and addresses the current litigation between Argentina and the speculative funds. The hedge fund firm of billionaire Paul E. Singer has about 300 employees, yet it has managed to force Argentina, a nation of 41 million people, into a position where it now has to contemplate a humbling surrender.

• Saturday, August 2nd 2014 - 08:46 UTC

  Brazilian media call Cristina Fernandez, “inept, arrogant and incompetent”

  

  The leading Brazilian newspapers blasted Argentine president Cristina Fernandez as the sole responsible for the 'default event' which followed the failure of negotiations with holdouts in New York. This despite the fact Brazilian economy minister Guido Mantega denied Argentina was in default and strongly supported the Argentine government.

• Friday, August 1st 2014 - 08:33 UTC

  US calls on Argentine government to seek 'practical solutions' with holdouts

  

  Kevin Sullivan, US interim ambassador in Argentina affirmed on Thursday that the country must seek “practical solutions” with the 'holdouts' or the so called vulture funds over defaulted bonds.