Debt insurer Assured Guaranty has aligned with the Ad Hoc Group of Puerto Rico's General Obligation Bondholders, agreeing to the deferral of principal repayment of Puerto Rico General Obligation Bonds on terms “economically consistent with the previously released term sheet,” the group said Monday.
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority announced Tuesday it has extended its contract with AlixPartners through Aug. 15, 2016, as the utility seeks to implement its ongoing comprehensive financial restructuring and operational transformation.
Leaders of the Puerto Rico Private Sector Coalition signaled that the group’s lobbying efforts have made progress in convincing members of Congress and the White House to add a measure of “economic development authority” to the expected fiscal oversight board to be imposed on the Commonwealth government.