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AER? formula?

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annual equivalent rate - tool for comparison rates
AER = (1 + (r / j)) ^j - 1

r=rate
j=number of compounding periods

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NS&I tax summary

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government backed risk free deposits
NS&I = agent of chancellor, accountable to treasury

interest paid gross but taxable = investment acc, direct saver acc, income bond, guaranteed income bond (no new), guaranteed growth bond (no new)

tax free, index linked saving certificate (no new), fixed interest savings certi (no new), JISA, DISA, premium bond

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P2P lending
risks
returns and tax
regulation

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risks - borrower default (loans pooled to diversify)
returns - higher APR compared to high streets, interest received gross and must be declared
regs - no FSCS, firms must be FCA regs

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Gilts

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UK gov bonds
coupon % - treasury - redemption date
coupon typically paid semi annually
nominal value - cap payment holder receives at redemption

UK gov issues gilts to finance its debt burdens
redemption date can be fixed, dual dated (redemption timeframe) or undated (no more floating in issue), dual dated=rare and undated no longer issued

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what do gilts raise funds for

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DMO issues gilts (part of treasury)

PSNCR = sum of (CGNCR + LGNCR + PCNCR)

PS = public sector
CG = central gov
LG = local gov
PC = public corp

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Gilt categories?
duration?
types?

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index linked
- coupon and redemption linked to RPI
- inflation protection (will fall with RPI too tho)

non-index linked
- shorts (<7 years to redem), meds (7-15), long (>15 years)

other:
convertible - owener can convert into predefined amounts of different giltin future, usually short to med term
floating - not in issue. pay variable coupons 4x year not semi annually

interest gross, taxable as savings income

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why hold cash

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liquidity
generally high security - FSCS
capital unlikely to be lost - but inflation erosion
interest payments to protect against this

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Real returns

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approx: real rate = nominal interest - rate of inflation

accurate - Fisher eq
R = [(1 + Ni)/(1+Infl)] -1

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ZCB - zero coupon bonds
tax?

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ay no interest, issued at a discount and redeemed at par
taxed as income no CGT

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Treasury bills

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UK T bills issued by DMO - short term lending
zero coupon debt security - issued at a discount and redeemed at par
baso - gov ZCB

maturities - 1 month, 3 month, 6 month, 12 months
min bid is 500k at tenders by investment banks - then subdivided and passed to clients

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local authority bonds

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rare - would usually seek via DMO LGNCR
2 cats; fixed stocks and yearlings/negotiable loans
interest paid gross
usually secured by charge over assets of issuing authority or old cases guaranteed by public works loan board (abolished 2020)

fixed stocks - not marketable must hold to maturity
yearings - life >2 years, issued at par and tradable

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who issues foreign gov bonds
who are they issued to

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central bank (US, france, germany)
ministry of finance (netherlands, china, japan)
DMO on behalf of gov (UK, ireland, sweden, portgual)

issued to specialist dealers (UK, US, germany, france) or syndicates of banks (switzerland)

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US/Canada gov bonds

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T - notes = maturity 1-10 years
T-bonds = maturity >10 years

sold at auction quarterly (T bonds and 10 year T notes) and monthly for other T notes

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French gov bonds

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France 2x
OATS - maturity 2-50 years, sold @ monthly auction
BTFS - T bills maturity <12 months

no floating or ZCB since 2013

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German gov bonds

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Germany - issued by Bundesbank
Bunds - 10-30 years maturiyt
Bobls 3-5 years
Schatz 2 years

mostly fixed rate
occasional floating

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Italian gov bonds

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Bearer variable dated bonds
BTPs - fixed rate, 3-30 years
CCTs - FRBs 7 year maturities
sold by centrla bank to dealers on fixed monthly date

ZCBs
BOTS - ZCBs w/ 90/180/360 day mats
CTZs - ZCBs w/ mats 18/24 months

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Spanish gov bonds

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BONOS - 3/5 year mats
oligaciones del estado - 10 year mats

sold by central bank at regular monthly date

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Japanese gov bonds

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usually mat = 10 years
20 available and sold by ministry of fin

LOTS of debt - 12 trillion $266% GDP

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types of Corporate bonds (3x)

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3x - debentures + loan stock + convertibles

Debentures - secured debt securities
against bis assets
fixed or floating charge -fixed typically against long term assets like land, floating typically short term like inventory, trade
lower interest (secured/lower risk)

loan stock
subordinated or unsubordinated

convertibles - converted later into another type of bond or equity

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Tax on corp bonds

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same as on gilts

no CGT on gains (unless convertible)
no SDRT on bond purchase (unless convertible)
coupons paid gross, subject to income tax as savings

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domestic vs overseas corp bonds

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domestic - UK company raising sterling on Uk debt market

foreign - UK company raises dollars on US debt market

eurobonds (international bonds) - bearer form corp bonds issued in a eurocurrency (one other than that of market in which bond is issued and than the market of the company)
- free of witholding taxes

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PIBS

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permanent interest bearing shares
Fixed interest security, issued by building societies, traded on the LSE by brokers
- Interest paid gross/taxable – twice a year
- No obligation to pay interest – non-cumulative
- Irredeemable – no fixed term
- In demutualisation PIBS convert to perpetual subordinated bonds (PSBs)
- No FSCS
- No CGT
- fairly illiquid

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Bond risks

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credit risk (issuer risk, default risk )
- baso 0 for gov bonds
- bigger for corp bonds, PIBS, local authority bonds

downgrade risk
- change sin credit rating

economic environment changes
- GDP/unemploument

liquidity risk
- more for small vol corp bonds

inlfation risk
- not issue for linker s

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credit rating and investments

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Fitch/ S&P
AAA - BBB = investment grade
BB - D = speculative grade

Moodys
Aaa - Baa = investment grade
Baa - C = speculative (institutional investors cannot hold)

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interest rate sensitivity of bonds
typically for FixedCBs interest rates rise = bond price typically falls, but coupons can be reinvested at higher rate interest rates fall = coupons reinvested at lower rates but bond prices typically rise
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Macaulay duration
duration measures the sensitivity of a bond's price to changes in interest rates Macaulay duration = weighted average time before bondholder recieves bonds cash flows weighted average term to maturity of cash flows from a bond = sum ( net present val of bonds cash flows x time to cash flow receipt) / sum net present cash flows
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modified Macaulay duration
modified mac duration = approx % change in bond price for 1% change in yield allows measurement of sensitivity of bond to changes in interest rates longer maturity and lower coupon % = more sensitive = mac duration / (1 + GRY)
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RY/running yield/ flat yield/ income yield
pre tax annual return uses: income seeking non-tax payers irredeemable bonds RY = gross annual coupon / market price gross annual coupon = CR x PAR
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Nominal yield
gross annual coupon / nominal value
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GRY
GRY = YTM pre-tax annualized return on coupon, capital and investment GRY = %RY + %profit(loss) at redemption % profit/loss @ redemption = (NV - MV)/MV %RY = gross annual coupon / market price
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Primary market dealings in UK gov debt secs
via DMO @ electronic blind auction either competitive or non competitive competitive (usually invest banks) - priced bids for at least 1 mil ranked high to low - pay bid price if successful non competit (usually firms/individuals) - non priced bids between 1k - 500k nonimal val pay volume weighted avg of succesful competitive bids (bid 4 volume not price)
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secondary market dealings UK debt secs
via stockbroker or via DMO gilt purchase and sale (small vols) LSE ORB for gilts (settle T+1) and corp (settle T+2)
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clean and dirty prices debs secs
dirty price = clean price + accrued interest accrued interest = fraction of coupon already earned by seller similar to equalization payments for funds
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bond indices types features included/excluded
by bond type, by credit rating, by mat date features: most use market cap weighting usually total return index not capital index includes: straight bonds, strippable bonds excludes: coupon strips, index linked, convertibles, bonds with embedded options
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why invest in bonds
steady cash flows liability matching (through strips) diversification higher interesting than savings acc less volatile than shares relatively safe return of principle (if bought @PAR)
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disadvantages of bonds
conventional = not inflation hedge high duration fluctuates with interest lower risk - lower return than shares typically
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types of share
ordinary = common stock variable, discretionary divi maybe voting rights separated into classes with different rights preference = preference stock fixed divi generally no voting can be convertible with option to convert to common
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order of payments debt and equity risk?
debentures (Secured debt) loan stock (unsecured holders, junior then subordinated debtors) tax preference shareholders ordinary shareholders debt = less risky than equity as paid first but lower returns equity = more risky than debt as divi not guaranteed but higher return
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equity risk features
Capital risk Income risk (divis discretionary) Liquidity risk Volatility Issuer risk Market risk
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capitalization aka bonus issue aka scrip issues
increase no. of shares in issue without raising more money issued on pro rata basis to shareholders successful bis with high share price becoming illiquid improves liquidity balance sheet not affected investor total equity worth same amount share price falls
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rights issues
raise more equity capital following IPO new shares issued, existing holders have right to participate to protect from dilution can sell right - receive nil paid amount to compensate for fall in share price lapse - receive nil paid nil paid = TERP (theoretical ex rights price) - subscription price (new price offered)
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purchase costs for shares
spread between bid/offer = market makers profit brokers commission stamp duty/SDRT = 0.5% (if via CREST rounded to nearest 1p, paper ased round up to nearest £5 if over 1k) panel on takeovers and mergers levy (£1 on sales/purchases over £10k paid by both seller and purchaser)
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cum div vs ex div
cum div = buyer entitled to next divi ex -div = seller entitled to next divi ex div date -typically 1 days before record date as settlement is T+2 record date = fri typically so ex div is thurs before
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EPS
EPS = net income / no. of outstanding ordinary shares net income = earnings/profit available to ordinary shareholders EPS steady growth indicates successful consistent company
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PE ratio
PE ration = price per share / earnings per share relative valuation multiple can gage relative valuations EPS = net income/ no. of outstanding ordinary shares
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Earnings yield
= EPS / share price = (net income / no. of ordinary shares)/ share price
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enterprise value
EV = market cap + market val of pref shares + market val of debt + minority interest - cash and cash equiv EV = theoretical cost of takeover measure of what market believes ops of company is worth
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Dividend yield
DY = div per share / market price per share UK = gross usually but can be net measures income return from shares growth companies have lower DY as mosre income reinvested, value have higher DY
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dividend cover
DC =net income / common div Indicates sustainability of the dividend, or the likelihood of the existing dividend being maintained Literally, how many times a company could have paid its dividends Indicates how much profit is re-invested
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gearing ratio
gearing ratio = LT liabilities / capital employed cap employed = LT liabilities + equity Debt is riskier (from the issuers’ point of view) than equity as it typically requires fixed and obligatory interest payments The higher the proportion of debt a company has the greater the risk to shareholder dividends
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NAV
NAV = (assets - liabilities) / shares in issue commonly used to calue investments in collectives
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adv vs disadv of investing in equities
Advantages Strong returns over long-term, inflation hedge, liquidity Disadvantages -Volatility, risk of firms failing, smaller companies have increased risk
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adv vs disadv of direct property investment
Advantages -diversification - Another asset class - Rental yields giving real returns - long-term appreciation in values Disadvantages - Illiquidity and transaction costs - Cyclicality -Possible depreciating values - Quality of tenants - Maintenance costs - Void periods - Stamp duty land tax (SDLT)
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property unit trustes and OEICs
type of indirect prop investment - open ended Invests directly into commercial property and property company shares Diversified portfolio of commercial property for investor (max 15% allocation for single prop) Less liquid than listed funds
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PAIF
type of indirect prop investment - property authorized investment funds type of property OEIC Direct investment in property * Property income is ring fenced within the funds, tax exempt * All other income is subject to corporation tax at 20% - The fund pays out three types of income: Property income (net of basic), other taxable income (franked, gross), and UK divi - In order to qualify as a PAIF, the fund must meet the following criteria: * Structured as an OEIC * 60% of net income is derived from the property investment business * 60% of the total assets are derived from the property investment business * No corporate investor can hold 10% or more of the PAIF shares
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investment trust companies - indirect prop investment
closed ended property funds property investment trusts -invests in shared only not property directly liquid ITC no CGT REITS - direct prop investment 75% minimum - gearing (open funds cannot gear)
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are foreign gov bonds registered or bearer how is interest paid on them?
can be registered or bearer (anonymous with no register) - some european, central and s american countries allow bearer bonds but not common because tax evasion interest is semi annual (UK, US, Japan) or annual (france, germany, netherlands, spain, belgium) US quote in fraction - rest of the world in decimals
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bonus issue vs rights issue
bonus issue - dont raise new money - increase no. of shares in issue -lowers share price rights issue - raise new money - increase number of shares - underwriting - price below current market price
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bonus issue vs rights issue
bonus issue - dont raise new money - increase no. of shares in issue -lowers share price rights issue - raise new money - increase number of shares - underwriting - price below current market price
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PAIF
rental profits and related income distributed gross direct investment in prop property income ring fenced in fund CT 20% must be: structured as OEIC 60% net income from property 60% assets in property business no corp investor can hold >10%
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REIT
direct investment in prop >90% profits distributed - no CGT or CT paid by REIT >75% total assets helped in real estate no single shareholder >10% val of one prop can't exceed 40% total val >75% total income rental income

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