In a sector already battered by the decision of Deutsche Bank and Banco Sabadell not to call hybrid securities, news that the UK government has introduced legislation that gives it the option to stop Bradford & Bingley lower tier 2 bondholders receiving coupon payments met with a predictable response. The bonds were instantly marked several points lower and the rest of the UK market widened in sympathy, although that has reversed slightly.
Lower tier 2 capital ranks lower than senior debt in the capital structure when a bank is wound up. Unlike tier 1 and upper tier 2 debt, it does not have loss-absorbency language and the sudden inclusion of such features – even on a nationalized bank – is negative.
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