Punch notes flying despite support fears

Punch’s securitisations have been on a roll this week, with cash prices on the M1 notes in Punch A trading up from 77 to 82.5 and yields on the senior notes coming in from the 9.5% area to 8%. This comes after a string of negative headlines last year suggesting that Punch might abandon Punch A and B, which are securitisations of cashflows from Punch’s tenanted pubs.