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Will Puerto Rico's Bankruptcy Filing Destroy Your Retirement?
After a decade-long recession and years of plummeting bond prices culminating in notable defaults, Puerto Rico has finally been allowed to file for...
Puerto Rico budget promises tax breaks, protects pensions
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico's governor announced a budget Wednesday that promises tax breaks, sets aside more than $400 million for ...
Puerto Ricans Face 'Sacrifice Everywhere' on an Insolvent Island
Santiago Domenech, a general contractor with $2 million of his savings tied up in bonds Puerto Rico just defaulted on, once had 450 employees.
Puerto Rico budget to protect pension payments -governor
Puerto Rico's $49 billion in unfunded pension obligations are a key piece of a historic economic crisis that has landed the island in the...
Retirees want in
They ask to be recognized as a separate class in the bankruptcy process under Tittle III of PROMESA
Puerto Rico governor protects pensions, promises tax breaks
Puerto Rico's governor unveiled a budget Wednesday that prioritizes pension payments for tens of thousands of retired government workers who ...
Puerto Rico bankruptcy pits investors against pensioners
Puerto Rico's fiscal tug-of-war with pensioners, bondholders, other creditors and its own finances starts a new, uncharted chapter on May 17.
Puerto Rico budget prioritizes pensions over debt
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló presented a fiscal year 2018 budget Wednesday that allots at least $2.04 billion for pensions and nothing for the...
Trustee To Form Retiree Committee In Puerto Rico Bankruptcy
Law360, Los Angeles (May 19, 2017, 8:44 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Trustee on Friday told the federal judge overseeing Puerto Rico's unprecedented ...
Bondholders Want Stay Lifted On Puerto Rico Public Pension
Law360, New York (June 1, 2017, 4:43 PM EDT) -- Holders of bonds issued by Puerto Rico's public pension fund on Wednesday asked the court ...
Puerto Rico retirees will get bankruptcy committee: US Trustee
FILE PHOTO - A protester holding a Puerto Rico's flag takes part in a march to improve healthcare benefits in San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 5...
Rosselló bets on voluntary retirement
Governor announces measure for August with hopes of generating savings and avoiding a reduction in working day
New pensions model
The administration of retirement funds will go to private hands
Puerto Rico retirees will get bankruptcy committee: U.S. Trustee
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice's bankruptcy watchdog said on Friday it plans to appoint a committee of retirees in Puerto...
Changes have to reflect the fiscal reality
The government of Puerto Rico is taking wise steps by opening up to new models of retirement for public employees that can free government coffers...

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