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Fraud Charges In Peru Surround Two Very Different Bond Ratings

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Mark Melin
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Should a previous default and refusal to pay on acknowledged debt be a factor in a loan decision? This question is front and center as two ratings agencies take very different views as fraud acquisitions from a senior member of Peru's high court and official government criminal charges swirl.

Peru Moodys

Two very different views on risk in Peru’s bonds

Peru's bond offerings has received two distinctly different ratings from Moody’s and Egan Jones. The relatively glowing analysis from Moody’s resulted in a positive A3 Stable rating. This conclusion comes in stark contrast to the analysis from Egan Jones, which on November 17 issued a “D” rating on disputed Peruvian Land Reform bonds...

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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.