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Feb 28

Sovereign Debt Restructurings: Prospects and Challenges in Argentina

Delivery Method: In Person
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Location:

Gerri C. LeBow Hall
722
3220 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

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Join GIC and LeBow College of Business at Drexel University for the third annual Sovereign Debt Restructurings conference, focusing this year on Argentina’s prospects and challenges in their restructuring process.

Argentina has experienced many economic crises and defaults throughout its history. Currently it is also facing several economic and political adversities. The conference will shed some light on concurrent developments, explore future prospects, and draw lessons from other sovereign debt restructurings.

Agenda

8:30 a.m. | Registration

9:00 a.m. | Opening Remarks

Vibhas Madan, Ph.D., Interim Dean, LeBow College of Business at Drexel University

9:10 a.m. | Session 1: Old Constellations and New Crossroads Overview and current developments

Chair: Mark Sobel, U.S. Chair, Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF)

Panelists:
Ed Bartholomew, Lecturer in finance at George Washington University, School of Business Edgardo Demaestri, Senior Financial Markets Consultant Robert Kahn, Director of Global Strategy, Eurasia Group

10:20 a.m. | Session 2: Is Argentina Sui Generis? Market, legal, and credit rating agencies perspectives

Chair: Rafael Molina, Managing Partner, Newstate Partners

Panelists: Elena Duggar, Chair of Moody’s Macroeconomic Board Anna Gelpern, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center and Nonresident Senior Fellow, Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics Hans Humes, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Greylock Capital

11:30 – 11:45 a.m. | Break

11:45 a.m. | Session 3: What Have We Learned? Empirical views on sovereign debt restructurings

Chairs: Tamon Asonuma, Economist in the Strategy Policy and Review Department, IMF Maria Olivero, Associate Professor – Economics, LeBow College of Business

Panelists: Satyajit Chatterjee, Senior Economic Advisor in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Juan Passadore, Assistant Professor of Economics at the Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance Toan Phan, Senior Economist in the Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

1:00 p.m. | Concluding Remarks

George Tsetsekos, Francis Professor of Finance and Dean Emeritus, LeBow College of Business Michael G. Papaioannou, TA Expert-Advisor, IMF and Visiting Scholar and Professor, LeBow College of Business

1:15 p.m. | Adjournment

Speakers
Tamon Asonuma

Economist in the Strategy Policy and Review Department, IMF

Economist in the Strategy Policy and Review Department, IMF

Ed Bartholomew

Lecturer in finance, George Washington University, School of Business

Lecturer in finance at George Washington University, School of Business

Satyajit Chatterjee

Vice President and Economist and Section Head for Consumer Finance, Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Vice President and Economist and Section Head for Consumer Finance in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Edgardo Demaestri

Chief Editor, Proyeccion Economica

Chief Editor, Proyeccion Economica

Elena Duggar

Chair of Moody’s Macroeconomic Board, Moody’s

Chair of Moody’s Macroeconomic Board

Anna Gelpern

Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center and Nonresident Senior Fellow, Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics

Hans Humes

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Greylock Capital

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Greylock Capital

Robert Kahn

Director of Global Strategy, Eurasia Group

Director of Global Strategy, Eurasia Group

Rafael M. Molina

Managing Partner, Newstate Partners

Managing Partner, Newstate Partners

Dr. Michael G Papaioannou

TA Expert-Advisor, International Monetary Fund

Papaioannou is an expert-advisor at the International Monetary Fund and a visiting scholar and professor of economics at the LeBow College of Business.

Toan Phan

Senior Economist in the Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Senior Economist in the Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Mark Sobel

US Chairman, OMFIF

US Chairman, OMFIF

Audience

Business Community
Students
Faculty
Alumni
Staff

Disciplines

International Business
Have Questions?

Gavin McCullion

Associate Director

(215) 895-2376

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