The government of Puerto Rico announced Wednesday the launch of an a bondholder registry to improve and facilitate communications with more than 500,000 creditors holding debt issued by the Commonwealth and its public corporations and instrumentalities.
Backyard Bondholders Inc. will host its first major forum on June 27 featuring a series of conferences focusing on how Puerto Rico’s fiscal crisis is directly affecting more than 60,000 island residents holding bonds representing some $15 billion in public debt.
After nearly a year of litigation, the Center for Investigative Journalism on Thursday confirmed another legal victory in its battle against the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico to gain access to information about the hedge funds that hold the Commonwealth’s public debt.
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