Puerto Rico plans to propose a debt exchange to investors today, offering to swap existing bonds for two new types of securities to help the U.S. commonwealth alleviate its debt burden, the Wall Street Journal reported today.
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A deal to restructure Puerto Rico's debt-laden power utility, PREPA, received new life late on Wednesday after the agency and bondholders agreed to extend a crucial deadline, Reuters reported yesterday.
Puerto Rico has scheduled meetings Friday with representatives of several bondholder groups to discuss a possible restructuring of $70 billion of municipal bonds, the Wall Street Journal reported today. The meetings come as Puerto Rico struggles to make progress on two tracks, striking deals with bondholders and persuading U.S. legislators that the island merits relief from the U.S.
A U.S. federal judge said yesterday that a second lawsuit over Puerto Rico's debt default will be joined with a similar suit in order to save time and money and avoid inconsistent rulings, Reuters reported. Financial Guaranty Insurance Co., or FGIC, sued Puerto Rico on Tuesday for diverting $164 million in revenue streams meant to pay the island's debt.
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