The concept and implications of Contingent Capital have been discussed extensively on PrefBlog. This commentary has been distilled into an article published by Advisors’ Edge Report.
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The draft version with footnotes is also available.
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[…] One way or another, I suggest that a regulatory trigger for contingent capital would be a grave mistake. Such a determination by any regulator will be the kiss of death for any institution in serious, but survivable, trouble; therefore, it is almost certain not to be used until it’s too late. Triggers based on the contemporary price of the common relative to the price of the common at the time of issue of the subordinated debt are much preferable, as I have argued in the past. […]
[…] could very well occur. However, extreme cases leading to a death-spiral will be avoided under my proposal which leads to conversion at a set price if the common trades below that set price. No death-spiral […]
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[…] the MacDonald CoCo with the index trigger set arbitrarily high, so that the instrument reflects my original recommendation. As has been previously noted, I consider 9bp at issue time to be an unrealistically narrow spread […]
[…] In a rational world, the issuing banks will include another trigger for conversion that occurs well before the point of non-viability can credibly be discussed by regulators, as I have urged in the past. […]
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