Recently I did some consulting for a financial institution that held the single - A tranches of several trust preferred CDOs that had CMBS, REIT debt, and a lot
of junior debt from bank, mortgage, and housing related names.
There was a chance if the credit markets rallied that the bonds might be worth something, but the odds were remote — it would mean no more defaults, and in late 2008 with a lot
of junior debt financial exposure, that wasn't likely.
7) Speaking
of junior debt securities, Moody's gave the GSEs, and the US Government a shot across the bow when it downgraded the preferred stock ratings of Fannie and Freddie.
Not exact matches
It's a concept that's already established in the U.S., where firms such as PwC offer student
debt subsidies (the firm gives
junior associates a yearly benefit
of $ 1,200 to go toward loans).
Mining
junior RNI says a number
of recent cost - cutting measures included staff redundancies and salary cuts across the board, as the company announced a $ 26.5 million recapitalisation plan to pay off
debt.
Managing Editor
of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt
Junior says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government may fail to fulfil the promise
of paying
debts owed Ghanaian contractors within first 100 days in office.
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«When you are a
junior faculty [member] and you have a family and children and large medical school
debts, even if you want to be a physician - scientist, the thought
of private practice or industry definitely crosses your mind,» says Vonderheide, who is now an associate professor
of medicine and an investigator at the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute at the University
of Pennsylvania.
A Bureau credit instrument can be
junior (i.e., subordinate) to the project's other
debt obligations in the priority
of its lien on the project's cash flow.
If I created a Collateralized
Debt Obligation [CDO] out
of similar instruments, with what would be light leverage
of 15 times, and it had just two tranches — 94 % senior, 6 %
junior, the senior obligations would get a AAA (probably), but the
junior obligations would be rated BB or so — just my back -
of - the - envelope guess, but consistent with my experience.
The preferred stocks reflect a part
of the credit market that hasn't gotten whacked too bad, offering a decent yield for the
junior debt on healthy companies risk.
One advantage
of this particular type is that, upon liquidation, a trust preferred's debentures generally rank as
junior debt, ahead
of a company's traditional preferred or common shares.
Beyond that, there was a dearth
of true equity, and a surfeit
of preferred stock,
junior debt, trust preferreds, and particularly, goodwill.
The
junior debt is subject to subordination in the event
of default or bankruptcy.
In the case
of default, creditors with unsubordinated
debt would get paid out in full before the
junior debt holders.
Holders
of senior
debt secured by a claim to assets
of the company will be first in line, followed by
junior / subordinated
debt holders, followed by preferred stockholders, and finally those holding common stock.
On January 17, 2008, Moody's placed the Aaa insurance financial strength ratings
of MBIA Corp. and its insurance affiliates, the Aa2 ratings
of MBIA Corp.'s $ 1.0 billion
of 14 % fixed - to - floating rate surplus notes («Surplus Notes») issued on January 16, 2008, and the Aa3 ratings
of the
junior obligations
of MBIA Corp. and the senior
debt of MBIA Inc. on review for possible downgrade.
On February 26, 2008, Moody's affirmed the Aaa insurance financial strength ratings
of MBIA Corp. and its insurance affiliates, the Aa2 ratings
of MBIA Corp.'s Surplus Notes and the Aa3 ratings
of the
junior obligations
of MBIA Corp. and the senior
debt of MBIA Inc., with a negative rating outlook.
A close competitor was when I began buying the
junior debts of banks in late 2002, particularly
of the floating rate variety, which offered more upside.
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of credit card
debt finds that grandma probably doesn't carry a balance, but
Junior does.
is usually
junior to the
debt securities
of the issuer.
I was pleasantly surprised that all
of them had steered clear
of the current lending crises, and the level
of exposure to financials, and their
junior debt was low.
I would add that investors in
junior debt issues, including Islamic pseudo-
debt issues have to be cognizant
of the lack
of guarantees involved.
A Hard Boiled Crime Drama: The story follows Kazuma Kiryu as a
junior yakuza member who finds himself in a world
of trouble when a simple
debt collection goes wrong and his mark winds up murdered.
These include shrinkage
of the
junior Bar, the removal
of entire areas
of law from the scope
of legal aid and the growth
of advice deserts together with the loss
of expertise and the availability
of legal advice in areas such as housing, immigration and
debt.
You're $ 100K in
debt (or more), you've gotten used to a certain income, and you've grown accustomed to having a secretary and a staff
of paralegals (not to mention
junior associates) to boss around.
As a smaller firm, Elliott Greenleaf offers quality work at lower rates because conservative management results in lower overhead, fewer
junior attorneys, greater partner involvement, less
debt and a long - term view toward clients, regardless
of their size.
And this, coupled with mountains
of debt, means that though
junior associates can live comfortably, they are by no means «rich».»
She says: «The impact
of further cuts on those
junior practitioners already at the publicly funded Bar and servicing high levels
of student
debt will be extremely damaging.
Advised a syndicate
of banks, led by HSH Nordbank, on the restructuring and buy - back
of the combined $ 120m senior and
junior debt made available to US listed shipowner, Dryships Inc; advised Santander and HSBC on the # 36.2 m term and revolving facilities provided to Southern Communications Group; acted for the Republic
of Kazakhstan in a BIT and ECT arbitration brought against it by a Turkish investor, which arose out
of a dispute involving alleged oil transportation and transhipment investments in Kazakhstan; closely involved with the development
of WeatherXchange, the world's first weather derivatives platform; leading advice to Nokia on various employment issues arising from the company's acquisition
of Alcatel - Lucent across over 100 jurisdictions.
It seems like the only way for
Junior to escape a mountain
of debt is to score a big time academic, athletic or other type
of merit scholarship.
But let's say
Junior gets a scholarship, you pay off a ton
of debt and / or get a totally unexpected windfall.
Then, in a stroke
of luck for Kerzner, Brookfield Asset Management, a Toronto - based global asset manager and the
junior B - note holder on the
debt, came up with a restructuring proposal.
They are highly motivated to liquidate nonperforming
debt and typically offer these
junior debt assets for a fraction
of their face value, often under 20 %.