Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Buy Coles Bonds, Credit-Default Swaps on Wesfarmers Bid, ABN Amro Says

(Bloomberg) -- Investors should buy bonds sold by
Coles Group Ltd. and credit-default swaps based on the securities
to profit from a successful acquisition of the Australian
retailer by Wesfarmers Ltd., according to ABN Amro Holding NV.

Wesfarmers, Australia's biggest home improvement chain, is
likely to buy back Coles' A$400 million ($343 million) of bonds
due in July 2012 should it succeed in buying the Melbourne-based
retailer, said Mark Bayley, director in credit and structuring
at ABN Amro.


Read more at Bloomberg Bonds News

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