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Citigroup Must Prove Argentina Threatened Bank Says NML Capital

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Mark Melin
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Paul Singer's NML Capital wants Citibank to provide evidence it was threatened by Argentina, as it maintains.

Citigroup could lose its business in Argentina

Citibank’s parent company, Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), has argued the bank could lose its Argentine business and its executives could face jail if the court doesn’t allow it to pay Argentina’s bondholders. U.S. District Judge Thomas Griesa had previously barred such payments unless defaulted debtholders are also paid.

In court papers filed this weekend, NML Capital, the hedge fund controlled by Singer, is requesting the court to compel Citigroup to deliver evidence supporting claims Argentina threatened the bank measures if it complies with Griesa’s order, Bloomberg is reporting.

NML had said that their legal request is...

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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.