Spain And Finland Reach Collateral Deal
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/17/2012
Animal Farm rears its European head, where we learn that some bailout agreements are more subordinated than others. Bloomberg brings us the details of the just completed collateral deal between Finland and Spain, which has terms identical to that of Greece, where there was absolutely no debate about whether bailout loans were senior to public and private sector debt. Following this deal the semantics of the ESM subordination, implied or explicit, should also end.
- Collateral deal bilateral between Finland, Spain, Finnish Finance Minister Jutta Urpilainen….”