Tag: Robert Shapiro

• Saturday, May 31st 2014 - 06:25 UTC

  Hedge funds' lobby praise Argentina/Paris Club deal; calls for talks with private creditors

  

  Following Argentina's agreement to resolve its 9.7bn debt to Paris Club member nations within five years, American Task Force Argentina co-chairs Robert Shapiro and Ambassador Nancy Soderberg have declared their support for Argentina's pledge to act responsibly and encouraged the Argentine government to go further.

• Saturday, July 20th 2013 - 06:15 UTC

  Argentine defaulted bond holders demand ‘strict neutrality’ from the IMF

  

  A group of Argentine sovereign defaulted bond-holders have blasted the IMF for its announced intention of filing an amicus brief in support of Argentina before the US courts stating that “there is no role for direct involvement by the IMF in this matter” and any intervention by the IMF “favouring Argentina's request would also clearly violate the Fund's strict commitment to neutrality”.