Tier1:
- Innovative capital instruments or Preference shares
- Duration of contract : indeterminate
- Minimum: 10 years
- Reimbursement requires authorization by the Bank of Italy
- Subordinated: preferred to shareholders
- capacity to absorb losses: the subscribers preference shares are called upon to cover losses per share
- Suspension interest and repayment
- Non-cumulation of interests
- If a year the coupon is suspended loses the bondholder the right
- But "related actions" are less risky: the 'related shareholder is entitled to the dividend cumulation
- accounting problems
- instruments are characterized by so high a risk profile that is incompatible with the definition of debt in the current regulatory environment, and are not compatible with the definition of actions
- Italian banks placed the issues of preference shares (Bonds) through a foreign corporate vehicle
- MA Tremonti Bond:
- first example of bonds that can be included in Tier 1 Tier 2
- Hybrid instruments
- privilege with respect to shareholders and preference shares of sottoscritori
- Duration of contract: minimum 10 years
- Minimum: 10 years
- Corporate bonds: there is no law for a minimum duration for corporate bonds. But
- bank bonds: The legislation provides for a minimum period of 60 months
- Suspension interest and repayment
- cumulation of interests: the coupon is suspended accumulated
- Subordinated debt level II
- privilege with respect to shareholders and preference shares of sottoscritori
- privilege with respect to the holders of hybrid instruments only if contractually
- non-suspension of interest and principal
- Max 50% Tier 1
- Subordinated debt level III
- cover only market risk except clause lock.
- Contract Duration: min. 2 years
- Minimum duration: 2 years suspension
- interest and repayment
- cumulation interests suspended
- Max 250% free capital base
- no voting rights
- Minor problems of governance are less expensive
- equity debt tax shield
- Flexibility: you can pay to benefit from changes in market conditions