As previously reported in ValueWalk, the International Monetary Fund has released a staff report on handling sovereign debt restructuring that the “holdout hedge funds” might not like. The release of the report, titled “Strengthening The contractual Framework to Address Collective Action in Problems in Sovereign Debt Restructuring,” comes as a separate IMF “World Economic Outlook Report” warns that the world economy may not return to the level of growth witnessed before the 2008 credit crisis. The economic report, “Legacies, Clouds, Uncertainties,” downgrades the world growth forecast to 3.3 percent, lower by 0.4 percent from the April, 2014 report. Strong economic…
Sovereign Debt Default Debate Moves To World Bank In DC
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.