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Forever Instruments, Maybe Equity, Never Defaulted? AT1 Instruments and the Santander Case

Introduction On Tuesday (Feb 12, 2019), right at the deadline for the decision to be made, Banco Santander announced that it had decided not to repay its outstanding €1.5bn CoCo bonds. CoCo bonds are hybrid securities mostly belonging to Additional Tier 1 capital, introduced by regulators in the wake of Read more…

By BSIC, 6 years24 February 2019 ago

UniCredit and Santander to merge their Asset Management Units

UniCredit SpA; Market Cap (as of 03/10/2014): €35.45bn Santander SA; Market Cap (as of 03/10/2014): €87.68bn On September 22, UniCredit, the largest Italian bank by assets, and Santander, the largest bank in the Eurozone by market value, are in talks to merge their asset management units to create a European Read more…

By BSIC, 10 years4 October 2014 ago