Puerto Rico

U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain suggested the board should include a contingent vehicle instrument in the proposed plan of adjustment.

Without that claim, bondholders are fighting for repayment of about $8.5 billion.

MBIA Inc. used National Public Finance Guarantee and MBIA Insurance to "perpetrate a fraud on investors," the COFINA bondholders said.

S&P revised its outlook to negative on San Juan Cruise Port LLC's BBB-minus rated bonds.

A federal judge dismissed a case against Ambac Financial, Ambac Assurance, National Public Finance Guarantee and MBIA Insurance but allowed the case against MBIA Inc. to continue.

The government plans to use surplus funds from fiscal years 2022 to 2024 to fund the payments.

The board wants the court to reject a wide range of bondholder discovery requests related to their administrative expense claim.

The tax reform costs will be offset by reductions in certain government spending, application of excess revenues that are coming in, and elimination of certain tax exemptions.

Bondholders are seeking compensation from the U.S. government for their losses in the restructuring.

Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González Colón filed suit to end the island's contract with LUMA Energy for electrical transmission and distribution.

This is the first upgrade of bonds supported by assets currently or formerly in the Puerto Rico government's hands since the passage of PROMESA in 2016.

92% of the holders or insurers of Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bonds reportedly now oppose the Oversight Board's proposed restructuring deal.

Bondholders say the insurers reneged on the bond insurance terms, which both firms deny in filings for the case, filed six years after the COFINA restucturing.

The three Puerto Rico Oversight Board members can resume their positions immidiately, District Court Judge Maria Antongiorgi-Jordan ruled.

"A lawsuit like this is probably critical for any future settlements or agreements, because it will (maybe) determine up front if the incoming [board] members, and thus whatever agreements they sign, are valid or not," said Matt Fabian, a partner at Municipal Market Analytics.

The Puerto Rico Energy Bureau has about 150 days to set new rates for consumers.

PREPA bondholders who back the Oversight Board's proposed deal say it will lose their support if not confirmed by Oct. 1.

Analysts unsure about the impact of the firings on bondholders.

The federal government didn't have enough influence in the resulting haircuts to the COFINA bondholders for it to be liable for their losses, the court said.

The funds have net assets of around $187 million.