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Puerto Rico Expected To Float "Superbond" Offer In Private Meeting Today

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Mark Melin
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A meeting between Puerto Rico’s Government Development Bank and bond holder financial advisers will likely float the proposal for a “superbond,” a UN debt expert source closely following the matter tells ValueWalk. However, key players, including well-known “vulture hedge fund” Aurelius Capital, are not anticipated to attend as individual creditors were not invited and the meeting contents are designated to remain confidential.

Puerto Rico "superbond" idea to be floated, but investors want details on haircut

At the Friday meeting in New York, representatives of the Puerto Rican government are expected to float the idea of a “superbond” that will consolidate all the island’s $72 billion in debt into one bond. Bond investors would be asked...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.