Greece on Friday took the next step in a second bailout package after Parliament passed a law Thursday that requires all its bondholders to accept losses once a certain percentage of creditors agreed.
The swap was triggered Friday, which according to a Reuters, started after 50% of the country's creditors responded. The new law puts in place collective action clauses (CACs), which will force all bondholders to proceed with the swap, Creditors agreed to accept an exchange of lower-value bonds for the ones they already hold.
The measure is designed to avoid a move by some hedge funds to trigger credit default swaps for complete repayment rather than accept the lower-value bonds. It was feared that such a move by hedge funds would trigger a default leading to an exit from the eurozone by Greece.
