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July 2006

European corporate hybrid bonds: A bull market trade gone wrong?


Corporate hybrid bonds are living up to expectations of poor performance in a bearish market.




European corporate hybrid bonds have performed disastrously of late. They heavily underperformed the market during June. The spread widening varied anywhere between 30 and 100 basis points. For instance, Bayer’s hybrid security moved out to 320bp over swaps from 245p in three weeks. The scale of the demise is even more marked if the full six months of the year is taken...


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