Fair-weather friend
21 December 2017
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Companies are increasingly funding deals with hybrid bonds. Rating agencies’ willingness to treat the debt as equity flatters their credit scores. And with interest rates low, investors are hungry for funky, higher-yielding securities. It’s a fertile but unstable combination.
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