Bond

Faurecia issued a conditional notice of redemption on March 14, 2016 in order to exercise its option to redeem in full the €490 million of 9.375% Senior Notes due 2016 (the "2016 Notes").

Investors around the world face a dilemma of where to turn in today’s environment of low, or in some cases even negative, bond yields. Roughly 75% of the entire Japanese and German sovereign bond market is now trading at negative yields*. As a consequence investors are forced to choose...

European bank stocks have collapsed so far this year whilst their credit default swaps have risen rapidly. Surely the credit and equity markets are telling us something? – Europe’s nascent economic recovery is over? Negative rates are killing net interest margins? They don’t have enough capital?…the list goes on. Whilst all the above cannot be ignored and investors need to select bank stocks carefully...

Investors should adapt to this new reality, just as they are being buffeted by a number of economic crosswinds: a strengthening US dollar with its disruptive impact on emerging economies, the knock-on effect on developed nations, deteriorating US fundamentals sparked by a turn in the credit cycle, but an improving economic outlook for Europe, helped by supportive monetary policy.

European banks intend to raise about €40 billion in Additional Tier 1 bonds in 2016, but fears over the high-risk contingent convertible debt have frozen the market since the beginning of February.