Two bond insurance subsidiaries of Assured Guaranty Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, Assured Guaranty, have made interest payments to holders of insured General Obligation and other bonds after Puerto Rico and certain of its agencies failed to pay on Jan. 3.
UBS Financial Services Inc. and UBS Financial Services Inc. of Puerto Rico were slammed with an $18 million arbitration verdict by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority released Monday, legal firm Sonn and Erez PLC confirmed in a statement.
The Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority’s (PRASA) board of directors on Tuesday authorized the creation of a Memorandum of Understanding to provide staff and services to the PRASA Revitalization Corp., formed recently to provide external financing to the cash-strapped water utility.