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Expert Views: Enhancing the Sovereign Debt Restructuring Architecture for Senegal and Beyond
Editor’s Note: This latest installment in Octus’ Expert Views series comes from Thomas Laryea, an international law and policy expert with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, specializing in sovereign debt restructuring. At the time of publication, Orrick had no mandate in Senegal’s sovereign...
Published on Sep 18, 2026
Do total return swaps put emerging market countries at risk of a ‘zombie debt’ outbreak?
In the world of sovereign debt, three little letters – TRS – are generating an outsized amount of column inches and not a little controversy. TRS, or total return swaps, and their close cousins, repurchase agreements, are gaining popularity among emerging market countries that would...
Published on Aug 27, 2026
Senegal’s National Assembly Sets Up Cross-Party Inquiry Into Controversial Total Return Swap Deal; IMF Mission to Dakar to Complete Sept. 1
Senegal’s National Assembly last week voted to set up a cross-party parliamentary inquiry into Dakar’s use of total return swaps, or TRS, according to a statement. “This parliamentary commission of inquiry will notably have to determine the conditions of [TRS operations], its...
Published on Aug 25, 2026
IMF Conducts Capacity Building Work on Total Return Swaps as Sovereign Debtors Increasingly Turn to Controversial Debt Mechanism
Reporting: Simon Schatzberg, Katie McMahon Join us on Sept. 14 for the Emerging Markets Forum: Distressed Opportunities with Octus and Cleary Gottlieb in London. IMF representatives have held meetings with financial institutions and member countries in recent months to conduct capacity...
Published on Aug 14, 2026