As most EM sovereign debt trading takes a day off to recover from the recent sell-off, with the US Columbus Day holiday, we take a look at the performance of sovereign currency bonds during this period and identify the winners and losers (mainly lose...

A US$650bn general SDR allocation has finally been agreed by the IMF, after the last hurdle to its implementation, approval by the Fund’s Board of Governors, was granted yesterday (see statement). The IMF MD, Kristalina Georgieva, called it a histori...

The IMF has announced finally that its Executive Board has approved a proposal for a new general SDR allocation, equivalent to US$650bn, according to a statement published late yesterday by the IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva. If approved, the SDR alloca...

During the Covid-19 pandemic, several governments across Latin America mobilised available security forces – including police reserves, the military and the navy – to assist in responding to the pandemic. Security personnel are regularly arrested for...

Read the full report here. Read the full here. But international demands for Maduro to hold free and fair elections remain unchanged... ...and Biden is unlikely to ease sanctions meaningfully due to political constraints. Read the full report here. R...

One leader who may wish to take advantage of the opportunity provided by a Biden presidency to re-set relations is Venezuela's President Maduro. However, if he thinks he can breathe more easily with the election in the US of a like-minded socialist l...