News of funds

Fernández conditions IMF talks with lines from Instituto Patria

06-03-2021 09:15 Argentina’s Peronist leader has delivered the International Monetary Fund a clear message, echoing the lines of a Kirchnerite think-tank and modifying Economy Minister Martín Guzmán’s plans to seal a debt restructuring deal by May.

Budget 2020: 60% used to pay pensions, social plans or subsidies

16-01-2021 08:26 Six out of every 10 pesos in last year’s Budget went to paying for pensions, social plans or business subsidies. Both government and private calculations estimate last year’s primary deficit to be around 6.5% of GDP.

by Gabriel Ziblat

Government to request Extended Fund Facility programme from IMF

14-11-2020 10:26 Guzmán tells reporters Argentina will seek an Extended Fund Facility programme, a scheme that normally implies a commitment to significant economic reforms.

BlackRock's Fink says Argentina won't soon regain investor trust

06-11-2020 08:15 Blackrock Inc. CEO Larry Fink said Argentina has a long way to go before it can regain investor confidence.

El-Erian: Argentina and Ecuador diverge after bond restructurings

11-10-2020 09:18 A month after finalising historic “zoom” debt restructurings, Argentina and Ecuador find themselves on starkly different paths toward economic and financial improvements.

Behind the conflict with the police

12-09-2020 09:43 The reasons for the protest? We can divide them into two main categories: institutional and political.

by Andrei Serbin Pont

Guzmán says Argentina must work to cut bond yields

04-09-2020 17:53 Country must reduce its bond yields before returning to international capital markets in a process that will likely take some time, says Economy Minister Martín Guzmán in interview.

Guzmán confirms 99% of overseas debt restructured in swap

31-08-2020 17:52 Argentina wins "massive" bondholder support to restructure overseas debt, exchanging 99% of debt held under international law.

Government seeks to reach new IMF agreement before April

07-08-2020 00:49 Government seeks deal with the International Monetary Fund over a new financing programme before the end of March, in order to renegotiate US$2-billion payment owed to the Paris Club that matures in May.

Support – and silence – from opposition economists in wake of debt deal

05-08-2020 00:31 Luis Caputo the most effusive in celebrating the government's deal with creditors, while Hernán Lacunza and Lucas Llach also express support. Alfonso Prat-Gay, the former official who was most critical of the deal, leads the criticism.

by Andrés Fidanza

Government hails ‘significant debt relief’ in accord with creditors

04-08-2020 09:44 Deal involves the Ad Hoc, Argentina Creditor Committee and Exchange Bondholder groups, as well as "certain other significant holders," Economy Ministry confirms in a statement.

Argentina reaches US$65-billion debt restructuring deal with creditors

04-08-2020 08:59 Government says in a statement that deal with key creditors would provide “significant debt relief.” While it statement didn’t provide a net-present value for the agreement, sources say the deal is worth about 54.8 cents on the dollar.

Government to seek new IMF plan, regardless of outcome of debt talks

28-07-2020 14:43 Argentina will seek a new programme with the IMF whatever the outcome of talks with bondholders, says Economy minister Martín Guzmán.

Creditors once again reject government's debt restructuring offer

28-07-2020 14:36 In a letter sent to Economy Minister Martín Guzmán, signed by 30 funds, main bondholder groups reiterate rejection of deal on table and say they hold veto power over any agreement.

Debt deal at impasse as creditors unite to reject government's offer

20-07-2020 23:50 Three groups of creditors announce they have rejected Argentina's proposal to restructure US$66 billion of debt and delivered a counter offer to government – which President Alberto Fernández promptly dismisses out of hand.

Creditors join forces to demand better terms on debt deal

20-07-2020 21:54 Three largest creditor groups join forces in negotiations, rejecting government's "final" offer and submitting their own counter proposal.

Ecuador’s speedy debt deal underscores Argentina’s hang-ups

10-07-2020 17:31 President Lenín Moreno’s administration struck an agreement with some of its top bondholders this week ahead of a mid-August deadline, when a moratorium on payments ends. By contrast, Argentina has presented a second binding offer to creditors after pushing back its deadline five times.

Guzmán rules out changes to offer, but creditors say proposal 'falls short'

09-07-2020 02:37 Economy Minister Martín Guzmán rules out further changes to government's debt restructuring offer as offer wins support from IMF and some G20 finance ministers. Large creditors, however, aren't impressed.

Government files new debt restructuring offer with SEC

07-07-2020 14:04 Argentina formally presents its new proposal to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, extending deadline for acceptance to August 4.

Mohamed A. El-Erian: Argentina's debt proposal deserves support

07-07-2020 01:35 It would be in neither side's long-term interest to allow the theoretical best to be the enemy of the attainable good – what is now on the table warrants support by both Argentina and its creditors.