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Credit Suisse says $17 billion debt worthless, angering bondholders
Reuters ^ | 3-19-23 | Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro, Chiara Elisei, Davide Barbuscia

Posted on 03/20/2023 11:09:44 AM PDT by dynachrome

Credit Suisse said 16 billion Swiss francs ($17.24 billion) of its Additional Tier 1 debt will be written down to zero on the orders of the Swiss regulator as part of its rescue merger with UBS (UBSG.S), angering bondholders on Sunday.

FINMA, the Swiss regulator, said the decision would bolster the bank's capital. The move reflects authorities' desire to see private investors share the pain from Credit Suisse's troubles.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bondholders; creditsuisse
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They expected a bailout from Biden?
1 posted on 03/20/2023 11:09:44 AM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome
A coincidence: pipsbunce
2 posted on 03/20/2023 11:10:13 AM PDT by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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To: dynachrome

Ouch. Those guys are usually the ones NOT getting entirely screwed.

Good for the Swiss.


3 posted on 03/20/2023 11:11:19 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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... angering bondholders on Sunday.

I would be angered on any day...................

4 posted on 03/20/2023 11:12:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: dynachrome

>> The move reflects authorities’ desire to see private investors share the pain from Credit Suisse’s troubles.

Wow! Wonder where WE can get us summa them “authorities”.


5 posted on 03/20/2023 11:12:19 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Truth is not hate speech.)
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To: dynachrome

MX must stand for “Mrs. Experimental.”


6 posted on 03/20/2023 11:12:24 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: dynachrome

While we’re on a diet elimination roll, let’s declare all debt to China void. That’s a fight we can win! :D


7 posted on 03/20/2023 11:13:10 AM PDT by Jhadur ("You are not ready for immortality.")
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To: dynachrome

Also expect large layoffs at Credit Suisse after consolidation. “Mx” Pips should be flogged.


8 posted on 03/20/2023 11:15:48 AM PDT by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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Another screw job on bond holders just like O’Bammy did to those holding GM bonds. The government comes in a decides that the survival of a company is more important than the law and by edict says the debt holders are wiped out but certain favored groups will get/keep equity in the what survives as a firm.

Under the law the stock holders (owners) are supposed to be last in line. If a company cannot survive then sell it and if it can’t be sold liquidate the holdings. The proceeds of any sale/liquidation are supposed to first go to anyone who holds that company’s debt/loans. Then if there is anything left the former owners can get their pennies on the dollar.


9 posted on 03/20/2023 11:16:15 AM PDT by Freedumb
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To: Vermont Lt

The shareholders should have lost every penny before the bondholders were touched.


10 posted on 03/20/2023 11:17:59 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: dynachrome

Mx. ???


11 posted on 03/20/2023 11:23:09 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Vermont Lt

I guess one needs to understand when a bond is not a bond. Wow.


12 posted on 03/20/2023 11:24:41 AM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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To: glorgau

You can go back to 2007, and see the downward trend on stock ever since. They never bounced back. Every year, they slipped a notch.

Those people who were buying shares back in 2016, and thinking it was a wise investment....were just screwing themselves.


13 posted on 03/20/2023 11:25:01 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: dynachrome
A coincidence:

Wow, those computer generated images are still not very convincing/lifelike.

14 posted on 03/20/2023 11:26:05 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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Commercial and soveriegn bond investors will stay out of Swiss banks’ sponsored bond debt offerings. Swiss banks will diminish in international standings.


15 posted on 03/20/2023 11:26:10 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: dynachrome

World 🌎🌍 Currency Collapse? More likely regional pockets (no pun intended)

World 🌎🌍 Digital Currency coming up?

Such will be necessary, IMHO, to administer the coming Mark of the anti-Christ Beast.


16 posted on 03/20/2023 11:27:16 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Sirius Lee

I was gonna ask: is that thing even real or a dude caked in make-up and a wig?


17 posted on 03/20/2023 11:28:58 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Mouton

A bond is still an investment in a company.

Bondholders simply have the ability to stand in the front of the line, with the begging cup.


18 posted on 03/20/2023 11:32:15 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Freedumb

Many small vendors on GM’s Accounts Payable went under with payments never given to them for service/parts done & delivered.


19 posted on 03/20/2023 11:33:10 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: SaveFerris; Sirius Lee

It’s real:

https://www.newsweek.com/pips-bunce-credit-suisse-executive-gender-fluid-identity-bank-1788557


20 posted on 03/20/2023 11:33:36 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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