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Convertible bonds are usually issued offering a higher yield than obtainable on the shares into which the bonds convert. Convertible bonds are safer than preferred or common shares for the investor. They provide asset protection, because the value of the convertible bond will only fall to the value of the bond floor: however in reality if stock ...
Convertible bond; Reverse convertible bond; Convertible preferred stock; Asset-linked bond: Although a bond with an asset warrant is a type of convertible security, regular warrants are not. A regular warrant provides an equity option, where the holder may opt to buy newly issued shares at a determined exercise price and date.
A contingent convertible bond (CoCo), also known as an enhanced capital note (ECN), [1] is a fixed-income instrument that is convertible into equity if a pre-specified trigger event occurs. [2] The concept of CoCo has been particularly discussed in the context of crisis management in the banking industry. [ 3 ]
Under a “death spiral” scenario, the holder of the convertible debt might short the issuer's common stock, at which time the debt holder converts some of the convertible debt to common shares with which he then covers the debt holder's short position. The debt holder continues to sell short and cover with converted stock, which, along with ...
A reverse convertible security is a type of convertible security where a bond or short-term note can be converted to cash, debt or equity at a set date by the issuer based on an underlying stock. In effect it is a type of option on the maturity date where the bond can be converted to shares or cash.
Foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs) are a special category of bonds that are issued in currencies different from the issuing company's domestic currency. Corporates typically issue FCCBs to raise money in foreign currencies. These bonds retain all features of a convertible bond, making them attractive to both the investors and issuers.
In the 1987 stock market crash, however, many convertible bonds declined more than the stocks into which they were convertible, apparently for liquidity reasons, with the market for the stocks being much more liquid than the relatively small market for the bonds. Arbitrageurs who relied on the traditional relationship between stock and bond ...
Dilutive securities are financial instruments—usually stock options, warrants, convertible bonds—which increase the number of common shares if exercised; this then reduces, or "dilutes", the basic EPS (earnings per share). [1] Thus, only where the diluted EPS is less than the basic EPS is the transaction classified as dilutive.