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Two bonds are both 'senior unsecured' but one is issued at the operating subsidiary and one at the holding company. Which recovers more and why?

Model answer

The operating-subsidiary bond almost always recovers more. Opco creditors have a direct claim on the entity that actually owns the assets and generates cash flow, so they're satisfied from opco value…

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