HSBC breaks ranks to smash open sub debt market for banks as big FIG freeze begins to thaw
HSBC’s colossal $3.4bn tier one perpetual, priced on Thursday, made a mockery of recent paralysis in the market caused by both the sovereign debt crisis and uncertainty over regulatory treatment of subordinated debt.
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