Sovereign cut drags down Cédulas
Fitch downgraded four Spanish covered bond programmes and one Portuguese programme on Friday, following its downgrade of Spain from AA+ to AA- on October 7. Without at least a high double-A rated sovereign, said Deutsche bank analysts, covered bonds will increasingly struggle to remain triple-A.
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