 Are contingent convertibles going-concern capital?Franco Fiordelisi, George Pennacchi and Ornella Ricci Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2020, vol. 43, issue C Abstract: Contingent convertibles (CoCos) are intended to either convert to new equity or be written down prior to failure while a bank is a going-concern. Yet, in the first actual test case, CoCos never converted before its bank failed. We develop a model that predicts that CoCos lead to less (more) extreme stock returns and have yields greater than (similar to) standard subordinated debt yields if investors do (do not) expect them to convert or be written down prior to failure. These predictions are tested using data on CoCos issued by European banks during 2011 to 2017. We find evidence that equity conversion CoCos reduce stock return variance and several other measures of downside risk, consistent with the perception that they are going-concern capital. However, we also provide event study evidence that recent regulatory actions reduced the CoCo–subordinated debt yield spread, which indicates a diminished investor belief that CoCos are going-concern capital. Keywords: Contingent capital; Bank risk; Bank regulation (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jfinin:v:43:y:2020:i:c:s1042957319300245 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2019.03.007 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Financial Intermediation is currently edited by Elu von Thadden More articles in Journal of Financial Intermediation from Elsevier |
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