Vulture Funds Circle Argentina, Waiting for Moment to Buy
By
Aline Oyamada
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Sydney Maki
3 settembre 2019, 18:39 CEST Updated on 4 settembre 2019, 00:22 CEST
Shops including Morgan Stanley and Merian Global Investors expect buyers with a strong appetite for risk will emerge at about 30 cents.
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Money managers and analysts had been saying that bondholders were likely to recoup 30 cents-to-40 cents on the dollar on Argentina’s international notes if the country goes through with a restructuring. So far, the government has said it wants to delay payments on up to $101 billion of debt.
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Distressed debt investors will probably wait until Argentine bonds are well below expected recovery values before buying, said Eric Baurmeister, who helps manage $12 billion in emerging-market debt at Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. in New York. Prices could drop to 20 cents on the dollar or lower, he said in an interview.
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Bonds may fall to the low 30-cents level before catching a bid, Morgan Stanley strategists led by James Lord wrote in a report Tuesday.
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Delphine Arrighi, a London-based portfolio manager at Merian Global Investors, also cited the 30-cent level as potentially appealing to some investors. That, however, depends on the policy signals given by the incoming administration, she said.
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