Strength of Bond Covenants and Bond Assessment Framework
We examine bond covenants of 29 New Zealand bond issues between 2001 and 2007.Results from the study indicate that protection provided for bondholders is weak and limited.On average, only 2-3 types of covenants are embedded with the issues and only 27% of thesecovenants provide full protection to th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Wollongong
2012-06-01
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Series: | Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal |
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Online Access: | http://ro.uow.edu.au/aabfj/vol6/iss2/6 |