In the past decades, financial crises have recast the spotlight on sovereign debt restructuring (SoDR). Despite decades of discussion on how to reform SoDR, it still raises complex legal tensions. Among these tensions is the current lack of a mechanism to administer SoDR and the fact that the current SoDR regime is fragmented and leads to suboptimal and unfair results. This thesis critically assesses these tensions, with a focus on the international reform of the restructuring of privately held sovereign bonds. In making its contribution to the discourse on SoDR, this study seeks to bridge the gap between the legal and policy debates on SoDR. The novelty of the approach in this study is that it aims to add an African perspective to the international literature on the procedural, normative and conceptual reform of SoDR. Towards this end, the question of how to reform the SoDR landscape is addressed within the framework of a developmental and a human rights approach. This paradigm through which SoDR should also be viewed has only begun to feature in the literature recently and thus requires further evaluation. This study assesses the historical evolution of SoDR, the current challenges in the contemporary era of SoDR and evaluates the corresponding proposals for reform. While acknowledging the role that the contractual approach (the primary mechanism for SoDR) has already played in the current landscape, this study argues that this approach alone is not sufficient to ensure fair, transparent and prompt restructuring. The study consequently assesses the policy debate on viable options for reform. / Thesis (LLD)--University of Pretoria, 2020. / Centre for Human Rights / LLD / Unrestricted

There is a growing and legitimate concern about sovereign debt increasing to unsustainable levels among the Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Understanding the determinants of external debt to these countries influenced the direction of this study. The existing literature that was examined shed light mostly on the qualitative determinants of sovereign borrowing. In addition to existing empirical literature, there is a complimentary need to examine further the quantitative determinants of external debt. The researcher seeks to establish the extent to which the cost of borrowing (proxied by interest rate) explains the changes in the borrowing behaviour (proxied by external debt) among SSA countries. To achieve this objective, data from 36 SSA countries for the period 2009–2017 was used. The data were collected from International Debt Statistics compiled by the World Bank. External debt has been regressed against interest rate and other predictor variables. Hausman tests, robustness tests and collinearity tests were carried out to ascertain the validity of results. Interest rate is found to have a positive determining impact on external debt for all SSA countries aggregated: SSA countries excluding South Africa (SA); SSA excluding Nigeria; SSA excluding Nigeria and SA; SSA excluding debt-distressed countries, middle income and oilexporting countries. It does not have predictive power over changes in external debt for SSA excluding countries at high risk of distress; countries with low to moderate risk of distress; heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) initiative post-implementation recipient countries; low income, other resource intensive and non-resource-intensive countries. External debt is also found to respond to changes in: gross national income (GNI); exports-to-imports ratio; primary income on foreign direct investment (FDI); reserves-to-imports ratio; FDI-to-GNI ratio; debt service-to-GNI ratio; interest arrears on long-term debt; short-term-to-total-debt ratio; and reserves-to-debt ratio for different country groupings. Different country groupings are found to have unique combinations of external debt determinants.

Bostadsmarknaden har varit väldigt uppmärksammad de senaste åren på grund av de ökade priserna och lägre bolåneräntor som blivit resultatet av en sänkt reporänta. I detta arbete har skuldsättningen av olika hushållstyper exemplifierats och simulerats utifrån att marknadsvariabler förändras såsom marknadsvärden på bostäder och ränteläget. Utöver detta har skuldsanering satts i relation till en ny typ av skuldlättnad som skulle kunna vara ett alternativ till skuldsanering men också samtidigt förhindra reaförluster och ostabila hushåll under verkningar av exempelvis en ökad räntebörda som hushåll inte klarar av. Denna skuldlättnad är en typ av skuldsanering som bankerna blir obligerade att genomföra då de varit för optimistiska i sin utlåning. Detta skulle göra att bostaden i sig blir mer intressant för bankerna i stället för att endast fokusera på hushållets betalningsförmåga. På detta sätt har bankerna ytterligare ett incitament till att vara försiktiga i sin utlåning, samtidigt som i de fall då denna skuldnedskrivning skulle aktualiseras skulle även hushållen kunna bo kvar i sina bostäder och inte behöva sälja till ett pris möjligen lägre än vad som finns kvar på bolånet. Detta leder till en mer stabil marknad i det fall att priserna skulle sjunka och räntan öka, då inga större realisationsförluster skulle behöva äga rum utan i stället räddas hushållens förmåga att kunna betala för sin bostad. / The housing market has been much discussed the last few years as a consequence of the dramatically increasing prices and the lower interest rates on housing mortgages, which in turn was the consequence of the lowered repo rate. In this thesis the debt constellation of different household types have been exemplified and simulated from market variables such as market values and interest rate levels. Beyond this, debt restructuring has been modified into another type of debt relief that could be an alternative to debt restructuring but also being able to prevent capital losses and instability on the housing market as a consequence of too high interest rates which may force households to sell their house under mortgage levels. This type of debt relief could obligate the banks to relieve the households of the excess debt that they cannot meet. By doing this the banks will have a stronger incentive of making a proper valuation of the residence instead of only focusing on the solvency of the household. This will have the effect that once the household can’t pay for their mortgage they will get the chance to be relieved of excess debt so that they still can live in their residence and not having to sell the property at a low market price so that mortgage still remains after the sell, as this could result in more instability on the housing market. The losses for the banks on debt relief are calculated in these cases to be significantly smaller than the potential capital losses on properties. As a result, fluctuations on the market could be contained to a certain degree by obligating banks to make debt relieves for the households that otherwise would have had to sell, and thus, offering more stability on an instable market.

The Master thesis describes comprehensively all action of exaction an outstanding debts in banking since origin of defaulted credit up to execution. In the thesis the action of out of court exaction is briefly explained. Nevertheless, the main part of the thesis is takes heed of the judicial exaction. The thesis deals with the selected points at issue from the sphere of judicial trial, compares the judicial trial with the trial of arbitration in point of view their effectiveness. The thesis explains process of debt restructuring an outstanding debt and compares also types of executions. Conclusion of the thesis highlights a question of sale an outstanding debts and leave their management to collecting companies. The aim of the thesis is to provide a well-arranged instruction to banking institutions how to exact their outstanding debts effectively and bring the advantages and disadvantages of particular ways of exaction to attention. At the same time this thesis should be a contribution for public in order to become acquainted with the action of exaction an outstanding debts in banking.

Chapter I - Derivative Market Competition: OTC Markets Versus Organized Derivative Exchanges  Recent regulatory initiatives in the United States have again raised the issue of a ''level regulatory and supervisory playing field'' and the degree of competition globally between over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives and organized derivative exchange (ODE) markets. This chapter models some important aspects of how an ODE market interrelates with the OTC markets. It analyzes various ways in which an ODE market can respond to competition from the OTC markets and considers whether ODE markets would actually benefit from a more level playing field. Among other factors, such as different transaction costs, different abilities to mitigate credit risk play a significant role in determining the degree of competition between the two types of markets. This implies that a potentially important service ODE markets can provide OTC market participants is to extend clearing services to them. Such services would allow the OTC markets to focus more on providing less competitive contracts/innovations and instead customize their contracts to specific investors’ risk preferences and needs.  Chapter II – Crisis Resolution and Private Sector Adaptation Efforts at crisis resolution that succeed in reducing potential inefficiencies and instability in the international financial system are in the interest of both the private and the public sector. Unlike in the domestic context, in the international context, in the absence of clearly established rules of the game, the approaches adopted toward crisis resolution, and the extent to which they are interpreted by market participants as setting a precedent, can have profound implications for the nature and structure of international capital flows. The key conclusion of this chapter is that recent experiences with payment suspensions and bond restructurings are limited as guides to determining the future success or failures of these initiatives, as the private sector most likely has adapted in order to minimize any unwanted public sector involvement. Chapter III - European Equity Market Integration: Cyclical or Structural? Reviewing the empirical evidence of equity market integration in the European Union, the chapter finds a significant increase in the importance of global sector factors for a number of industries. Unlike most past studies, which only covered developments during the bull market of the late nineties, the results presented in this chapter suggest that the degree of Euroland equity market integration has declined gradually following the bursting of the TMT bubble. This seems to suggest that the findings of previous studies that Euroland equity markets were nearly fully financially integrated is worth revisiting. There are, however, several good reasons to believe that the structural factors driving European equity market integration have yet to play themselves out fully. Institutional investors both outside the Euroland area and within have substantial untapped capacity to take on Euroland exposures and invest additionally in Euroland equities. / Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögskolan, 2004

La mise en finance de la dette d'Etat, et les crises auxquelles elle donne lieu, font de l'instauration d'un cadre juridique régissant la restructuration et le défaut des dettes d'Etat, un enjeu majeur pour l'Europe. En l'absence d'un droit européen de la « faillite » d'Etat, un régime de défaut a émergé sur le terrain de la pratique, dans les contrats d'emprunt d'Etat obligataires. Les Etats européens ont en effet privilégié une approche décentralisée et volontaire de la restructuration des dettes d'Etat : le contrat d'emprunt d'Etat établit les règles qui organisent les relations de dette entre les Etats débiteurs et leurs créanciers privés. Sous l'effet de l'intégration financière européenne, ce régime de défaut revêt des formes de plus en plus standardisées. Le présent travail consiste à identifier les éléments constitutifs du régime contractuel de défaut des Etats européens, à en apprécier le caractère idoine à l'aune des besoins de l'Etat et à en évaluer la portée. Il adopte pour ce faire une méthode pragmatique, basée sur une analyse empirique des contrats et une étude de cas.Il ressort de celles-ci que le régime de défaut contractuel des Etats européens conduit à l'abandon, l'érosion voire la suppression des prérogatives exorbitantes de droit commun qui étaient traditionnellement attachées à la qualité de souverain des Etats emprunteurs. D'une part, les Etats consentent, pour assurer l'attractivité de leurs titres de créance sur le marché européen très concurrentiel des dettes d'Etat, à adopter des dispositions attentatoires à leur souveraineté, qui les privent de la marge de manœuvre nécessaire à l'adoption de mesures de sauvegarde adaptées en cas de crise de la dette. D'autre part, les deux principaux fors compétents - les juridictions anglaises et new-yorkaises - ont consacré la force obligatoire des contrats d'emprunt d'Etat, lesquels priment les considérations d'intérêt général qui jadis fondaient le défaut souverain. En effet, la jurisprudence libérale de ces fors, favorables aux créanciers de l'Etat, ont encouragé la professionnalisation des requérants et le développement d'une industrie contentieuse du défaut d'Etat, communément désignée comme l'industrie des « fonds vautours». Les stratégies contentieuses agressives déployées par ces nouveaux acteurs ont permis d'obtenir la condamnation des Etats défaillants et des mesures de contrainte sur le terrain encore très préservé par l'immunité d'exécution des Etats. Cette thèse a ainsi pour enjeu, et s'inscrit, dans le débat contemporain relatif à la transformation de l'Etat européen sous le poids de son endettement. / Sovereign debts’ financiarization is a global phenomenon affecting a very substantial number of States in Europe. Nevertheless, European State insolvency has not been implemented. This legal loophole didn't lead to legal uncertainty : a State default's European regime has emerged from practical experience in sovereign debt contracts. Those contracts include harmonised standards : States adopted boilerplates with the aim of contributing to effective debt market and providing liquidity. Promotion and circulation of boilerplates have been made easier by the fact that many States turn to lawyers for their financial affairs. In fact, sovereign consultancy market remains concentrated among a few major law firms. Given the spread of sovereign debt crisis, which also affected developed economies, contract « as statute » has become a major issue for all democracies. The first part intends to identify and map European boilerplates, reflecting regional particularities ; to analyse them and assess their effectiveness and efficiency in crisis conditions. The second analyses the case law that has developed over the years regarding sovereign debt contract. The European States' default contractual regime had led to the dismissal of prerogatives derogating from the generally applicable rules of law, which States used to enjoy within their financing operations. This research has both practical and prospective dimensions, aiming at putting forward proposals to deal with sovereign debt crisis.