Anybody considering investing in a PIBS or PSB first acts how safe is my investment. Will I continue to receive my coupon / interest payments and should the bond be redeemed will I receive my capital back.
Well so far no bank or building society has failed to pay their coupon and no PIBS have been defaulted on. But we are living in extraordinary times and with the government owning several of the minor former building societies then the future is uncertain. The conflicting consideration for income investors are:
1. This government have shown them to be less than consistent or principled when dealing with financial markets and are quite prepared or able to act incoherently often without realising. This makes the chances of default a real concern.
2. The sums involved are microscopic compared to the scale of government investment in the banking sector. Is it worth the government confronting controversy of defaulting on a loan for say £20million in the case of Northern Rock PIBS. Logic would say no but as it has been said before.
We are living through extraordinary times.
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