Argentina's creditors complain that President Néstor Kirchner and Roberto Lavagna, his economy minister, act as if they are living on another planet.
Argentina is coming in from the cold and investment is trickling back into the country. That still won't help the government's angry bondholders much.
Argentina is booming again after years of decline. But it needs to attract foreign investment to keep the economy growing. And that will require a deal with bondholders and the International Monetary Fund.
The G-7 finance ministers have told Argentina to negotiate with creditors or risk losing further IMF support.
Adam Lerrick is an academic who has cooked up ingenious solutions to financial problems and tested the ideas in real life - such as devising a way to unify Argentina's bondholders to defend their rights.
Jul 16 - 17, 2013 | Sheraton on the Park, Sydney, Australia
An in depth look at the rapidly evolving state of the Latin America Australia investment... more
Sep 10 - 11, 2013 | Westin Beijing Chaoyang, Beijing, China
LA-CIF is the leading event connecting Latin America and China. Through an invitation-only,... more
Sep 13, 2013 | Shilla Hotel, Seoul, Korea
LA-KIF will examine the rapidly evolving LatAm-Korea investment relationship, the pace & direction... more
Sep 26 - 27, 2013 | Fiesta Americana, Veracruz, Mexico
The only annual gathering of senior public-sector officials, financiers, sponsors and investors... more
Oct 9, 2013 | Capitale, New York City
The year’s pre-eminent networking event for the financial and capital markets of Latin America and... more
Is recent bond market volatility the end of easy borrowing for LatAm issuers?
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The most pressing issue is related to guaranteeing this growth of the system, the savings. We have to guarantee that this growth is followed by better asset managers on the side of the Afores.
Carlos Ramírez, Mexico’s pension regulator, Consar
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