Aug
29
New Puerto Rico Bond Group Starts Negotiations
ByFunds holding about $1.9 billion in general obligation bonds split from a rival group in a bid to further broader restructuring efforts
Investment funds owning about $1.9 billion of Puerto Rico’s general obligation bonds have formed a committee to negotiate a consensual restructuring with the commonwealth and the federal oversight board that manages its finances, people familiar with the matter said.
Members of the committee are seeking to differentiate themselves from a pre-existing group of general obligation bondholders that includes Aurelius Capital Management LP, which is fighting the board and the island’s government in ongoing litigation, the people…