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Per chi vuole approfondire la materia degli At1 , ecco uno stralcio del report di Morgan Stanley sull’argomento
Valuations are surely cheap. But in truth, they have been a lot cheaper in the past. We'll dwell on a few of the time periods
where things got difficult for investors in AT1s but first, note up front:
AT1 coupon risks are remote: We have discussed this at some length in our latest AT1 Primer. While it's clear from Exhibit 3 that we are typically € billions away from automatic restrictions, banks theoretically can choose not to pay a coupon, and the supervisor can tell them not to. These latter two options are extremely unlikely, in our view, considering the potential impact on the bank's reputation, trading levels and stock price.
Perpetuity risk is mitigated: In the same primer, we discussed the actions banks were taking in order to call AT1s almost no matter what. However, as a market dislocation lengthens, concerns about banks not calling at first call dates naturally rise, as it makes little economic sense to try to refinance such a bond at market- panic levels – the latest example is Aareal €7.625%. We'll return to short-call AT1s in another note, but AT1s do not have one-off calls. They have call dates after the first call date from quarterly to five-yearly. The risk of a non-call at first call date can be priced out to whenever you think the market dislocation (which, to be clear, is not rooted this time in bank fundamentals) will last. Looking at yields to perpetuity, while it can be a handy tool, is not the right way to value these bonds.
The investor base is experienced in owning AT1s. That won't stop volatility as parts of the investor base head for the exit or have outflows, but it does mean there is a large cohort of investors who understand these structures very well and, should they have the space, could add. In our latest AT1 survey, we concluded that around two-thirds of the AT1 investor base was asset managers, both IG and HY. This has been a fairly constant statistic over the past few years.
Regulatory change is coming: We mentioned it in Structures matter, but the regulatory change which we expect this year is still on its way, and that will strengthen the likelihood of call for all AT1s with 5.125% triggers, we believe. Certainty of call is key to an investment in AT1s and, as we've argued, considering the remote risks to coupons, should investors view an AT1 as certain to be called due to non-compliance with new rules, then it ought to start trading closer to Tier 2s.
Again, this crisis is not a bank-centred one. Banks entered this crisis with stronger balance sheets than they have ever had.
There are a couple of events that stick out for us when thinking about AT1s and how bad it has got for the sector in the past. It's a relatively young asset class and it took a while for calm-handed investors to make up the bulk of the ownership, so we look at two periods where pricing fell steeply, just in the last few years.