Hybrid debt issues
Insurers take lead role from banks in issuances of subordinated debt
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Source: Life & Pension Risk
In the last few months insurance companies have taken a lead role in the issuance of subordinated debt through the hybrids market. Life & Pension Risk explores the motivations for this surge in issuance...
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Source: Life & Pension Risk
Hybrid debt is in the firing line for offering equity risk but only bond yields
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Talking triggers: Rob Davies column
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Source: Credit
Regulators have given governments the freedom to decide at what point triggers should cause debt to be written off, giving investors a headache
New Basel proposals threaten bank sub debt, investors warn
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Source: Credit
Bond investors voice concerns over freedom given to national regulators to determine trigger events for conversions or haircuts.
EC approves Aegon bailout without forcing coupon deferrment
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Source: Life & Pension Risk
Absence of measures forcing payments to Dutch state at expense of subordinated debt holders means Fitch upgrades firm's hybrid capital
A focus on gone-concern contingent capital
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Source: Risk magazine
Regulators have found it easier to reach consensus on a standard for contingent capital that converts at the point of a bank’s insolvency, but continue to struggle with the definitions for going-concern conversion. How will supervisors proceed? Joel...
Market Analysis: Hybrid and sub debt risk
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Source: Credit
Investors in bank subordinated debt and hybrid securities could be exposed to elevated credit risks if regulators push ahead with proposals whereby creditors bear losses before public sector support is given, says Fitch Ratings.
Hybrid issuance suffers amid Basel confusion
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Source: Credit
High interest rates relative to other forms of debt make hybrid securities issued by banks an attractive investment opportunity. But with regulatory changes to what constitutes core capital looming, could hybrid issuance be on its way out?
Confidence crunch
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Source: Risk magazine
Many financial institutions calibrate their required level of economic capital by considering the probability of default associated with a target debt rating. However, as the financial crisis has shown, confidence in a bank can erode before its Tier I...
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