Argentina settles battle over bonds worth $95bn

  01 March 2016    Read: 724
Argentina settles battle over bonds worth $95bn
Argentina has signed an agreement with US hedge funds to settle a protracted dispute over its failure to repay $95bn worth of bonds.
Argentina will pay Elliott Management and others who sued Argentina about $4.6bn to settle all claims.

The agreement is a victory for Mauricio Macri, who was sworn in as Argentina`s president in December.

He reversed the non-payment stance taken by his predecessor, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

Daniel Pollack, the court-appointed mediator, said: "It gives me greatest pleasure to announce that the 15-year pitched battle between the Republic of Argentina and Elliott Management, led by Paul Singer, is now well on its way to being resolved."

The long-standing dispute has restricted the country`s access to international credit markets.

The investors bought the bonds at heavily discounted rates after the country`s economy collapsed in 2002.

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