Argentina Urges Appeals Court to Let It Pay Restructured Debt
- U.S. judge revoked injunctions barring country's bond payments
- Holdout hedge funds fear loss of leverage if bans are lifted
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Argentina urged a U.S. appeals court to uphold an order allowing it to pay its outstanding restructured debt and issue new bonds after a group of investors challenged the decision following an historic $4.65 billion settlement.
The South American country’s filing Monday in federal appeals court in Manhattan was made in response to an appeal by investors holding defaulted Argentine bonds -- including four hedge funds that reached the settlement in February -- seeking to stop the debt payments. Argentina said the lower court’s ruling is critical to moving forward on the deal.