Banks have a similar range of medium- and long-term financing options as industrial and ser vice companies. These include equity raised through private placements or rights issues, straight bonds, conver tible bonds, preference shares and subordinated debt. These usually comprise only a relatively low propor tion of a bank’s funding and capital management factors are usually the main consideration in raising medium- to long-term finance.
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