Tag: Axel Kicillof

• Saturday, July 26th 2014 - 06:36 UTC

  Argentina/holdouts impasse remains; delegation back to Buenos Aires for instructions.

  

  Argentina failed to reach a breakthrough with the U.S. court-appointed mediator in its battle with holdout creditors in New York on Friday in talks that lasted just an hour. The Argentine delegation is flying back to seek instructions from its government, mediator Daniel Pollack said, while the country's economy ministry underscored it would continue the dialogue with him over the next few days.

• 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.

• 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.

• Saturday, July 19th 2014 - 06:50 UTC

  Italian chapter of holdouts tells Argentina it will continue to the last consequences

  

  The Italian chapter of Task Force Argentina (TFA), an organization which represents bondholders that did not accept the 2005 and 2010 debt swaps, urged the government of President Cristina Fernandez to negotiate and warned it will keep on pursuing its interests until the last consequences.

• Thursday, July 17th 2014 - 06:15 UTC

  Judge Griesa to hear arguments from banks caught in Argentina/holdouts case

  

  US District Judge Thomas Griesa in New York said on Wednesday that he would hear arguments on July 22 related to the banks and payment agents caught up in the Argentine sovereign debt litigation with holdout speculative funds.

• Thursday, July 17th 2014 - 05:49 UTC

  Holdout funds claim in ads campaign that Argentina is choosing default scenario

  

  The American Task Force Argentina (ATFA), the group the government of President Cristina Fernandez has officially accused of being funded by same holdout creditors suing Argentina over its defaulted bonds, has resumed its advertisement campaign against Buenos Aires now saying the Kirchner administration is actually “choosing” a default scenario.

• Friday, July 11th 2014 - 06:14 UTC

  Pollack says Argentina, hold-outs and legal representatives will meet on Friday

  

  Special master Daniel Pollack revealed on Thursday he has been talking with holdout funds and Argentine lawyers “on a daily basis”, one day before an Economy Ministry committee travels to New York to meet the mediator in the funds/Argentina litigation case for the second time.

• Wednesday, July 9th 2014 - 08:21 UTC

  Kicillof blasts holdouts: “they never negotiated or lent money to Argentina”

  

  Argentine Economy minister Axel Kicillof responded fiercely to criticisms directed at him and the Argentine government by Elliott Management portfolio manager Jay Newman, reminding the representative of the holdout investors that they have never lent a cent to Argentina.

• Wednesday, July 9th 2014 - 08:14 UTC

  Mediator Pollack will receive Argentine delegation Friday in follow up meeting

  

  Argentina confirmed on Tuesday that the delegation headed by Economy Minister Axel Kicillof will continue talks with mediation Daniel Pollack, next Friday in New York, a 'follow up' of Monday's first appointment.

• Tuesday, July 8th 2014 - 08:20 UTC

  Leading holdout hedge fund willing to give Argentina more time to negotiate

  

  Elliott Management portfolio manager Jay Newman has revealed that the holdout hedge fund would be willing to give the Argentine government more time to negotiate following the nation's reverse in the US Supreme Court, while criticizing Economy minister Axel Kicillof for not meeting with the so-called 'vulture funds'.