{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Cloud 9fin","title":"Preaching to the unconverted","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1095,"description":"It’s kind of debt, and kind of equity. It’s been around for decades, but has recently come back into fashion.What is it? It’s convertible debt.Convertible bonds are a clubby and often overlooked corner of the corporate finance world. Last year, plunging equity valuations made for some notable horror stories — like Peloton, Ocado and Affirm — but in recent months the market has become popular once again.For this week’s episode of Cloud 9fin, our US managing editor Will Caiger-Smith sat down with David Hulme of Advent Capital Management (whose president, Tracy Maitland, wrote a book on converts) to get the lowdown on the asset class’s resurgence.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Ct-LyAY39ezUDdlJpLn-ot9823EZfHGgwNgEVlhXOEg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zMDNl/Mjg3MDMzODFhYTNi/NTVkNTViN2ViYzYx/OGIwZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}