Asset Management

Santander’s bond controversy was a storm in an AT1-cup

A decision by the Spanish bank not to call in a bond, as some were expecting, has been blown out of all proportion

Santander's decision not to repay a bond early set tongues wagging
Santander's decision not to repay a bond early set tongues wagging

Some of the hysteria surrounding the recent supposed “failure” of Banco Santander to call €1.5bn’s worth of bonds — to repay the debt earlier than necessary — is frankly incredible. It smacks a little of a slow news day that it has been accorded the press coverage that it has.

Non-tourists in this asset class have long assumed that these new-style AT1 bonds, i.e. those issued after May 2013, would only be called if it made economic sense to do so.

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