Bonds and Bondholders. British investors and Mexico's foreign debt, 1824-88

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  • Name Investors & investor behaviour
  • Name Capital and money markets, etc

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  • Mexico

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Focuses on the experience of investors in Mexican government bonds, especially those in default, dealing with inter alia, the workings of Mexican bondholder committees formed to negotiate with the Mexican government over arrears of interest and repudiation. Organised in two parts: 1] 'Mexican bonds, certificates and debentures' [pp3-147] providing an account of each security issued together with details of the dividends, coupons and certificates associated with the issues; 2] 'The bondholders' [pp151-323] - 'Committees of Mexican bondholders, 1830-1887' dealing with the work and negotiations of each committee / 'The investors' / 'The bondholders and the British government, 1824-1886'