UBS Storms AT1 Market With First Sale Since Credit Suisse’s Fall
- Orders for the combined AT1 notes exceeded $36 billion
- The bond offering included a new equity-conversion feature
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UBS Group AG’s hotly-anticipated sale of additional tier 1 bonds, its first since Credit Suisse roiled the market with a historic writedown, pulled in roughly 10 times the bids for the debt on offer.
The Swiss bank sold two dollar-denominated bonds on Wednesday for $3.5 billion in total, with combined orders of more than $36 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. A UBS representative confirmed that the bank was selling AT1s but declined to comment further.