Analysis, Markets

CoCo bonds have become too big to abolish

By Nicholas Dunbar
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The near-collapse of Credit Suisse and its forced takeover by UBS led to a controversial writedown of $18bn of contingent convertible bonds, known as CoCos, triggering a flood of lawsuits from aggrieved investors. 

Now the Basel Committee is mulling whether such ...

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