senior bond

基本解释

The ECB has warned that Greece and Ireland should not default on their immense debts or impose haircuts on senior bond holders.
歐洲央行已警告，希臘及愛爾蘭不應不償付其龐大的債務或對主要債券持有人展開估值折釦。
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In case of bankruptcy, subordinated bond holders are paid after the liquidator, government taxes, and senior bond holders are paid.
如果發行人破産，先償付清算人和政府稅，然後是高級債券，然後才是次級債券。
The pressure is growing on senior bond holders of Europe's troubled banks who might not receive state support to preserve their capital, in other words they are inching closer to a debt restructuring.
歐洲問題銀行業的優先債券持有人麪臨越來越大的壓力，他們或不能得到中央財政的支持以保護自身的資金安全。換言之，優先債券持有人麪臨債務重組的幾率正在加大。
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Senior bond holders are higher up the pecking order and would walk away with some if not all capital returned should the company enter bankruptcy, while subordinated debt holders are left holding the bag and are on the hook for losses in the event that prospects worsen.
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The ECB reportedly now wants to allow senior bank bond-holders to be the first to absorb losses.
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The bond insurers cover only the most senior tranche, which is the safest one.
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