Tag: sovereign funds

• Wednesday, October 8th 2014 - 20:40 UTC

  IMF forecasts two years of recession for Argentina

  

  The International Monetary Fund anticipates two years of recession for Argentina in a context of “increasing economic misbalances” and “uncertainty” because of the ongoing litigation with the holdouts or 'vulture funds', as well as inflationary tensions.

• Friday, September 12th 2014 - 06:28 UTC

  Argentina's situation “will not develop into a regional financial crisis”, says UNCTAD

  

  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said that while Argentina was facing potential financial instability, its solvency and the sound macroeconomic fundamentals in other countries of the region “should prevent the shock from developing into a regional financial crisis.”

• Wednesday, September 10th 2014 - 06:22 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez celebrates the UN assembly vote: “we have to feel proud”

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández praised on Tuesday the United Nations General Assembly approval of a project that proposes legal framework to regulate restructuring of foreign sovereign debt, saying “Argentina has set an international leading case” with the initiative.

• Thursday, March 13th 2014 - 05:52 UTC

  Falklands, trade, Mercosur/EU, oil and gas, in Swire's agenda in Uruguay

  

  Bilateral trade, Mercosur/EU talks, oil and gas cooperation, and Falkland Islands, plus some audacious comments on the coming World Cup match Uruguay/England, were some of the issues addressed by Foreign Office minister for Latin-American Hugo Swire during his one day visit to Uruguay on Wednesday.