Exam #2 Flashcards
Also called bonds
Any debt instrument w/ future cash flows that are contractually defined and can be predetermined
Fixed income securities
Basic features of a bond
Tenor
Issuer
Par Value
Coupon Rate and Frequency
Currency denomination
YTM < coupon rate
Premium
YTM>Coupon rate
Discount
Make coupon payments in one currency and pay the face value at maturity in another currency
Dual-currency bonds
Entitles the bond holders the preference in which they want to receive interest payments and principal repayments
Currency option bonds
Celebrities can issue a bond
Fixed rate bonds features
All-in yield
Formula for credit spread
Credit spread = sum of risk premium + default risk-free
Margin or benchmark over default risk-free rate to compensate investor on the firm-specific credit risk on underlying security
Credit spread
Yield from govt securities (GS) bond used as reference for corp bond
Default risk-free rate
Formula: default risk free rate
Real risk free + inflation rate
Internet rate
Default risk free rate + credit spread
ROP are dollar-dominated bonds
FXTN
Fixed rate Treasury notes
RTB
Retail Treasury bonds
ROP
Republic of the Philippines bonds
- Foreign Securities Market
- Currency Market
- Equity Market
- Real Estate Market
- Capital Market
- Money Market
- Cash/Spot Market
- Very high
- High
- Medium to High
- Medium
- Low to Medium
- Low
- Very Low
Where funds are generated and traded
Financial markets
Funds and securities are exchanged between
Issuers and investors
Examples of fixed income security
Govt bonds
Index-linked bonds
High yield debt
All-in bond yield
Credit spread + default risk free
What type of fixed income instrument offers only a return to a default risk free rate
Government securities yields
Considered default “risk free” interest rates due to a National Government ability to
- Print money
- Collect taxes to pay off its debt
Difference between corporate security yield and GS yield is the
Credit spread
Attributes of a benchmark
Credible
Verifiable
Transparent
Primary risks /risk considerations
Credit
Market
Liquidity
Operations
Measure of income that is comparable to the dividend yield for a common share
Currency yield or running yield
Formula for current yield
Annual cash coupon payment/bond price
Provides an estimate of the bond’s expected return or rate of return
Reflects the per annum return
YTM/market discount rate
Any given amount is worth more sooner than later
Discount factor
= 1/(1+rt)
interest rate
= fv/pv-1 x 1/t
PV and FV depends on
Interest rate
Tenor
Bond prices and interest rates move in opposite directions
The lower the seniority ranking of a bond, the higher its credit risks
Backed by a collateral
Secure debt
Represents a general claim to the issuers asset and cash flows
Unsecured debt
All debt within the same category
Rank pari passu
Independent bodies evaluating the financial strength of companies, assign ratings and assess risk of debt issue
Credit Rating agencies
Debt with high rating, appropriate for good credit quality for investments containing certain level of credit risk
Investment grade debt
Obligations with lower rating
Non-investment grade
Top 3 credit rating agencies
- Fitch
- Moody’s
- Standard and POORS (S&P)
Philippines is currently ranked lower medium grade
Secured by specific types of equipment or physical asstes
Equipment trust certificate
Debt obligations that represent claims to the cash flows from pools of mortgage loans, most commonly on residential property
Mortgage backed securities
Guarantee received from 3rd party often called a guarantor
External credit enhancement
4 C’s
Capacity
Collateral
Covenants
Character
Underwriting process
Issuer
Lend Manager
Syndicate Member
Selling Agent
Macroeconomic factors of a country
GDP
GNP
Inflation
Fiscal and Monetary policies
Budget balance
External debt
Interest rates and yield curves
Debt securities purchased and held with intention of selling within 1 yr
Held for trading
Debt securities purchased for medium term
Available for sale
Debt securities for investment, intending to hold until maturity
Held to maturity
I = P x R x T/360
PV =. FV / (1+rt)
Fv = PV (1 + rt)