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Panic over Ireland's debt woes shows sovereigns are as vulnerable as banks
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The syndicated loan market is proving to be far more resilient in the face of Ireland’s sovereign troubles than anybody could have expected.
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To bring old securitisation favourites back to market, spreads need to come in. But this means alienating the ABS investors that have kept the market going this year.
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A court in New York was right to dismiss Terra Firma’s lawsuit against Citi last week. The private equity firm only has itself to blame for the mess it is in with EMI. But the bank suffered too, and those tempted to support aggressive LBOs now should remember that.
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Rock bottom interest rates are making Europe’s high yield bond market alluring to high grade accounts that are willing to shimmy down the credit curve in search of juicy yields. In doing so they are squeezing prices tighter, much to the annoyance of specialist high yield investors. But these HY funds have no reason to grumble.
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Bondholders can sometimes be their own worst enemy. The actions being pursued by holders of Irish bank debt are certainly not going to win them many friends. On several levels, they are unreasonable, and run the risk of making a bad situation worse.