CPA’s to host talk on impact of debt restructuring
January 11, 2016
The Puerto Rico Society of Certified Public Accountants will host a seminar on how the island’s economic scenario will affect the insurance sector, which is expected to take a hit from the government’s debt restructuring process.
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García-Padilla: P.R. to make most of debt payment in Jan.
December 31, 2015
The government of Puerto Rico will make most of its $1 billion debt payment due Jan. 1, defaulting only on some $37 million of the amount, Gov. García-Padilla said Wednesday.
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PREPA, creditors agree to financial restructuring plan
December 24, 2015
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority announced early Thursday that it has reached an agreement with creditors holding approximately 70 percent of its financial debt.
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Gutiérrez backs P.R.’s last-ditch appeal for help in D.C.
December 10, 2015
WASHINGTON — Vowing he’d refuse to support legislation “that does not respond to the needs of the people of Puerto Rico,” Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) promised Tuesday he’d do everything in his power to help the island overcome its fiscal nightmare.
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CNE: P.R. needs Ch. 9 to navigate ‘unchartered waters’
December 8, 2015
Puerto Rico’s current fiscal problems are bringing up unprecedented issues that will likely be subject to interpretation by local and federal courts if the government defaults on its debt and bondholders decide to defend their contractual rights via the lawsuit route.
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Moody’s: P.R.’s debt woes hit guaranty sector as a whole
December 4, 2015
The eventual restructuring of some or all of Puerto Rico’s $73 billion in debt obligations will carry “significant implications” for the financial guaranty sector as a whole, Moody’s Investor Service said Thursday.
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Senate grills experts on Ch. 9, fiscal control board for P.R.
December 2, 2015
WASHINGTON — The debate over extending Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection to Puerto Rico and the possible creation of a federal fiscal control board to manage the island’s troubled finances took center stage Tuesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
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Gov’t makes $354M debt service payment via clawbacks
December 1, 2015
The Puerto Rico Government Development Bank announced today it has met its scheduled payments of $354 million in principal and interest after Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla instructed his fiscal team to redirect available revenues from other instrumentalities by activating contractual clawback provisions.
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Gov: Paying $354M due depends on creditor talks
December 1, 2015
A decision by the Puerto Rico government to make the $354.7 million payment on Government Development Bank Senior Notes due today will come down to the wire and will depend on the outcome on talks with creditors, Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla said.
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Moody’s says Puerto Rico ‘likely to default’ next month
November 12, 2015
Moody’s Investors Service on Wednesday released a report in which it predicted that Puerto Rico is “likely to default” on some of its debt service payments due in December, as “its liquidity pressure grows.”
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Perelló: ‘The only option P.R. has now is to negotiate’
November 10, 2015
Puerto Rico House Speaker Jaime Perelló said Monday the island’s “only option” regarding its $73 billion debt is continue moving on the path of negotiating with creditors.
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Report: GDB knows bondholders IDs, but withholds info
October 29, 2015
The Government Development Bank has contracted New York-based Bondholder Communications Group, LLC to develop a communications database of information regarding bonds issued by the government and their value, a report by the Center for Investigative Journalism released Wednesday confirmed.
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Popular, Oriental reduce exposure to government risk
October 26, 2015
Puerto Rico’s two largest banks — Banco Popular and Oriental — confirmed separately on Friday that they’re working to reduce their exposure to risk associated with the island’s government, which they have financed in different capacities over the years.
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Sanders, Warren defend P.R. against ‘vulture funds’
October 23, 2015
WASHINGTON — The two most prominent progressives in the U.S. Senate urged the federal government Thursday to help Puerto Rico stand up against the “vultures” they largely blame for the island’s current fiscal nightmare.
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Gov’t ‘has faith’ it will pull Puerto Rico out of fiscal hole
October 21, 2015
Government Development Bank President Melba Acosta said Tuesday the administration “has faith” it will pull Puerto Rico out of the fiscal abyss it is currently in, and will set up mechanism to avoid a repeat of the island’s current $73 billion debt scenario.
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