Bond debt of Irish retail landlord Hammerson back in vogue after Covid-19 hit 

Bonds of EasyJet property manager Hammerson - which owns huge swathes of Irish retail including  Dundrum Town Centre, pictured - are among the best performers in Europe this year. Picture: Colin Keegan

Traders who deal in the bond debt of companies with significant interests in Ireland, including Hammerson, the owner of the country's largest shopping centres, and US property firm Kennedy Wilson, which owns offices and apartments, will see better days after a disastrous Covid-hit year.        

It wasn’t so long ago that property companies and airlines were asking for emergency support and precautionary bank loans. Now investors are desperate to lend them money.