US - The $500m senior pension funding bonds issued by the Employees Retirement System of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (ERS) have been rated BBB- by Fitch.
This was the third issuance of debt offered by the fund, bringing the amount to a total $2.6bn. The fund said it expected to release around $7bn to help raise its funding ratio from 19% to 70%. ...
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