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PIMCO's Argentina Bond Bet Hits Major Roadblock As The Peso Collapses

• https://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden

The bonds have now fallen to 71 cents on the dollar from 104 cents last Friday and the debt matures next June. The notes have a floating coupon which is tied to the benchmark interest rate, which is now at an all-time high of 75%.But the astronomical yield on the debt was counteracted by a swift fall in the peso after President Macri suffered defeat in the country's primaries.

PIMCO owns about 30% of the USD $2.4 billion worth of the 2020 bonds on issue. They had raised their stake in the bond earlier this year before Argentina reopened the bond sale.

PIMCO now says that it has diversified itself and added downside protection in the event of an "extreme market event". The company has also said that it has avoided larger exposures with greater losses that other major investors have run into.

And while nominal returns for the notes have been impressive of late, the country's currency collapse - to the tune of 37% this year - has curbed real gains. A number of analysts still speculate that the peso has a long way to fall.


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