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Credit Suisse AT1 ruling may only benefit a third of bondholders

Swiss law may mean only bondholders who appealed writedown get compensation, if there is any

Credit Suisse, Bern
Photo: Jennifer Delaney

To the average person, the word annul may have the same meaning as null and void.

But in Swiss law, there is a crucial difference – and this may determine who benefits from last week’s court ruling overturning a regulatory order that wiped out Sfr16.5 billion ($20.53 billion) of Credit Suisse’s hybrid debt.

The Swiss financial regulator, Finma, ordered the writedown of Credit Suisse’s Additional

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