EMTA

EMTA was formed in 1990 by the financial community in response to the many new trading opportunities created by the Mexico and Venezuela debt reschedulings under the Brady Plan. In an effort to develop market mechanisms to trade nearly U.S. $50 billion face amount of newly issued debt securities, a small group of debt traders from major international financial institutions formed the LDC Debt Traders Association. The organization's name was changed to the Emerging Markets Traders Association in May 1992 in order to reflect the evolving nature of the market more accurately. In 2000, the Association assumed its present name, simply EMTA, and expanded its mission to include promoting greater confidence in the EM asset classes for the benefit of all market participants... EMTA is the leading industry association for the Emerging Markets trading and investment community... As Emerging Markets countries and companies have re-entered the capital markets and internal capital markets have..

Also known as: Emerging Markets Traders Association

Primary location: New York United States