'bondholders' is a correct and common term in written English
It refers to individuals or organizations that own bonds or debt securities issued by a government or company. Example: The company's decision to declare bankruptcy greatly affected its bondholders, who were unsure if they would receive all their invested funds back.
Proponents of the financial repression explanation essentially view low interest rates as a hidden tax on bondholders, who receive a lower interest rate than they would otherwise.
Greece has previously managed to convince bondholders to roll over their T-bill holdings, but with the country's position growing more uncertain this pattern will become harder to maintain.
The numbers don't work, even with mini-haircuts for bondholders announced in July: growth isn't happening and the road to a competitive economy is too long.
Icahn is among a number of bondholders who will swap debt for equity in a revamped company that should see borrowings slashed from $900m to little more than $100m £64mm).
It has to find €10bn (£7.3bn) in redemptions to the IMF, the ECB and other bondholders before the end of August and the money is not there.
It will become much harder for hard-pressed countries to strike deals with creditors if bondholders know they can ultimately secure much better returns by sitting tight.
"A decision of the US judiciary favourable to 1.6% of the bondholders, who are specialised in litigation, jeopardises a debt restructuring voluntarily accepted by 92.4% of the creditors," it says.
Ukraine says the savings can only be made if bondholders take a hair cut, something the bondholders are resisting strongly.
Despite Merck's modest debts, strong cash flow and $10 billion in cash and marketable securities, even the firm's bondholders are spooked.
But the advocate-general has accepted the ECB's view that it should be on an equal footing in accepting any losses alongside other bondholders.
Bondholders were eventually forced to take a haircut in 2012.The United States International Trade Commission decided that Apple had infringed Samsung's patents in smartphones and ordered a ban on sales in America of some older versions of the iPhone and iPad.
