Tag: International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA)

• Thursday, September 4th 2014 - 05:00 UTC

  Argentina looks to Uruguay to issue sovereign bonds and pay creditors

  

  A former chairman of Argentina's central bank board, Aldo Pignanelli considered neighboring Uruguay could be a “trustworthy” option for Argentina to issue sovereign bonds and pay creditors. Uruguay has an outstanding international reputations regarding abiding by contracts and ensuring legal security, added the Argentine banker.

• Saturday, August 2nd 2014 - 09:08 UTC

  IDSA decides that Argentina “failed to pay” and thus declares it has defaulted

  

  The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) on Friday declared Argentina in default, which could trigger payments worth up to one billion dollars on credit default swaps.

• Saturday, August 2nd 2014 - 08:58 UTC

  Argentina suggests Griesa and Pollack are actively helping holdouts by declaring a 'default'

  

  The Argentine Economy Ministry claimed on Friday New York judge Thomas Griesa has benefited “vulture funds” during negotiations over Argentina's defaulted debt with holdouts and asked the (Argentine) National Values Commission (CNV) to start an investigation over alleged “speculative moves”.

• Friday, August 1st 2014 - 08:42 UTC

  UBS calls on Swaps Association to ask if a “failure to pay” event had occurred

  

  The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) said on Thursday it had received its first request to consider whether a credit event had occurred, according to the ISDA website.