Search Results for: Bank of New York Mellon
BofA Investors Say Settlement Reached in Forex Class Action
April 17th, 2015
Bank of America Corp. investors say they’ve settled a lawsuit accusing the company of rigging prices in the foreign-exchange market. The investors, several pension and hedge funds, didn’t reveal how much the bank would pay in a statement Thursday ...
U.S. judge says Citigroup can process Argentina’s next bond payment
November 11th, 2014
A U.S. judge ruled on Monday that Citigroup Inc could process an $85 million interest payment by Argentina on bonds issued under its local laws following its 2002 default. U.S. District Judge Thomas Griesa in New York said Citigroup could process the Dec. 31 payment ...
Citigroup Tells Appeals Court of Its Argentina Quandary
September 19th, 2014
Citigroup has found itself in an awkward position: It must decide between defying a New York court order or a sovereign government, a move that it says would result in “grave sanctions” from Argentina. “We’re going to obey, and ...
Argentina’s Congress passes debt restructuring law
September 11th, 2014
Argentina’s Congress gave final approval on Thursday to a law proposing to restructure the country’s debt to skirt a U.S. court ruling that forced it into its second default in 12 years. The debt restructuring plan aims to enable ...
Argentina says ‘many creditors’ want to swap into local law debt
September 5th, 2014
Many investors are interested in swapping global Argentine bonds for paper governed by local law, cabinet chief Jorge Capitanich said on Friday, a day after the Senate approved the proposed debt exchange as a way to circumvent U.S. court ...
Hedge Funds Sue to Get Argentine Bond Payment in London
August 26th, 2014
A group of hedge funds, including George Soros’s Quantum Partners and J. Kyle Bass’s Hayman Capital, is seeking a 226 million euro interest payment on Argentine bonds from Bank of New York Mellon that was blocked by a United ...
Argentine’s debt must be paid to holdouts
July 29th, 2014
Argentina’s battle in courts for over a dozen of years against the claims of holdout investors in its defaulted debt, did not turn out positively. The holdouts, led by Paul Singer’s Elliott Capital Management and Mark Brodsky’s Aurelius Capital ...
Argentina asks U.S. judge to put debt payment order on hold
July 22nd, 2014
Argentina asked a U.S. judge on Monday to put on hold an order requiring it to pay bondholders who did not participate in debt restructurings following the country’s 2002 default, while it seeks a “global resolution.” Ahead of a ...
State Street Agrees to Settle Forex Fee Suit for $60 Mln
July 10th, 2014
State Street Corp. (STT) agreed to pay $60 million to settle investor claims it inflated revenue by overcharging clients for foreign-exchange services, in a pact that resolves almost four years of litigation. The preliminary accord filed in Boston federal ...
Bond Anxiety in $1.6 Trillion Repo Market as Failures Soar
July 7th, 2014
In the relative calm that is the market for U.S. Treasuries, a sense of unease over a vital cog in the financial system’s plumbing is beginning to rise. The Federal Reserve’s bond purchases combined with demand from banks to ...
