S&P hits equity-neutral mandos with Vodafone U-turn

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S&P hits equity-neutral mandos with Vodafone U-turn

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Standard & Poor’s astonished the equity-linked bond market on Wednesday evening by stripping the equity credit from Vodafone’s £2.9bn mandatory convertibles, issued in February, only a month after assigning the credit. The change knocks away one advantage of the deal for Vodafone and may damage banks’ hopes of replicating it.

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