Puerto Rico Taps JPMorgan to Study Sales-Tax Debt Refinancing

June 13, 2022, 1:19 PM UTC

Puerto Rico is eyeing a potential refinancing of its sales-tax bonds, three years after the commonwealth slashed the size of the debt by more than $5 billion through bankruptcy.

JPMorgan Securities LLC, as lead deal manager, will steer any possible refunding, with BofA Securities, Inc., Barclays Capital Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co., serving as co-senior managers, according to a filing posted to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s website on Friday. The group will evaluate a potential refinancing for all or a portion of Puerto Rico’s sales-tax bonds, called Cofinas.

Municipal-bond traders from all four firms spoke ...



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