Hedge fund-style total return swaps raise new risks for sovereign bondholders
Governments including Senegal, Angola and Nigeria are increasingly using total return swaps (TRS) to raise funding from banks, but the structures are creating concerns among sovereign bondholders about creditor priority in future debt restructurings, according to a report by Bloomberg. TRS, more commonly used by hedge funds to gain exposure to assets without owning them directly, allow…
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- How Total Return Swaps Pile on Risk For Bondholders bloomberg.com
