Subordinated debt of Financials – Back to the Future
- The Covid-19 pandemic can be seen as the first real stress test of the revamped European banking sector since the global financial crisis
- We remain in a bondholder friendly regulatory paradigm
- Capital levels are likely to decline from the record levels of 2021, but there are positives to this, particularly in terms of dividend payouts and share buybacks
- For 2022, our focus will be on conviction issuers and bonds that could offer robust structures
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