IMF Met With Emerging-Market Creditors on Debt Rework Strategies
A group of International Monetary Fund officials met private creditors last week in London, as part of the multilateral lender's work to publish a new report on sovereign debt restructurings in emerging markets, according to people familiar with the matter.
IMF staff members met on June 9 with some bondholders from hedge funds and other asset managers to seek the private creditors' input on sovereign debt restructurings from 2020 onwards, the people said, asking not to be named because the meeting was private.
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