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Senior ranking

From the Collaborative Bond and Money Market Data Portal 

 

Ranking refers to the order of repayment in the event of a sale or bankruptcy of the issuer. The term Seniority is also used. When an Issuer is wound up, each Debt Instrument has a specific seniority or ranking in terms of repayment. Senior debt is repaid before subordinated debt. Within Subordinated Debt, Tier 3 gets paid first, followed by Upper Tier 2, followed by Lower Tier 2, followed by Tier 1. 

In theory, after Subordinated Debt Instrument holders have been paid, and if relevant, preference share holders are followed by ordinary shareholders. Shareholders are for example not relevant in the context of sovereign and sovereign like borrowers.

Accordingly, in the Collaborative Bond and Money Market Data Model the field Ranking consist of the following attributes:

  • Senior
  • Tier 3
  • Upper Tier 2
  • Lower Tier 2
  • Tier 1
  • (Sub Undisclosed Tier)

The latter is used when the Subordinated rank is not clear.

Based on available data, on the 1st of December 2015, the size of the Vanilla Senior International Bond Market was USD25trn equivalent, through 109,912 different issues.

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Related Terms

Ranking, Senior Ranking, Subordinated Ranking, Tier 3 Subordinated Ranking, Upper Tier2Subordinated Ranking, Lower Tier2 Subordinated Ranking, Tier 1 Subordinated Ranking