Advanced Bond Valuation Techniques
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How does the value of a non-putable bond relate to the value of a putable bond and the value of a put option?

The value of a non-putable bond is equal to the value of a putable bond minus the value of a put option on that bond.

What role does the option-adjusted spread (OAS) play in bond valuation?

The OAS measures the yield spread used to reconcile the difference between a bond's value and its market price.

What is the effect of incorporating default risk into a valuation model?

Incorporating default risk adjusts expected cash flows based on the probability of default and recovery rates.

Identify a key challenge referred to when implementing a practical interest-rate tree.

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What is modeling risk, and why is it significant for valuation models?

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Explain how cash flows that fall between node lines can complicate bond valuation.

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What is the significance of yield curve strategies in asset liability management (ALM)?

<p>Yield curve strategies help in predicting interest rate movements to manage the timing and valuation of cash flows effectively.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does duration gap analysis relate to risk management in bond portfolios?

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What is the purpose of discounting coupon payments at zero-coupon rates?

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How do one-year forward rates differ from zero-coupon rates in discounted cash flow calculations?

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What role does interest-rate volatility play in asset valuation?

<p>Interest-rate volatility affects the trajectory of cash flows and the uncertainty of valuations over time due to fluctuations in interest rates.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Describe the binomial interest-rate tree and its use in valuation models.

<p>A binomial interest-rate tree is a graphical representation that models potential future interest rates, allowing for two possible outcomes in each period.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What characterizes a one-factor interest-rate model compared to more complex models?

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In liability-driven strategies, why is considering the duration gap important?

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How does introducing an interest-rate tree enhance risk management techniques?

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What is the significance of using trinomial models in interest-rate forecasting?

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What impact does an increase in interest rates have on the price of fixed income securities?

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How can financial institutions use asset liability management (ALM) to mitigate interest rate risk?

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Explain what a duration gap analysis is and its significance in fixed income portfolio management.

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What is liability-driven investment (LDI) strategy, and how does it relate to risk management?

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Identify and briefly describe one risk management technique suitable for managing credit risk in fixed income securities.

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How does inflation risk affect the purchasing power of fixed income investments?

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What is prepayment risk, and why is it of particular concern to investors in callable bonds?

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In the context of forex risks, how can masala bonds serve as a hedging strategy for Indian investors?

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Study Notes

Introduction to Fixed Income Securities

  • Fixed income securities are debt instruments issued by corporations or governments.
  • Holders receive periodic interest payments and a principal repayment at maturity.
  • Bonds provide external funds for investments or government expenditures.

What is a bond and its features?

  • Bonds are debt instruments issued by companies.
  • Holders receive periodic interest payments (annually, semiannually, quarterly, or monthly).
  • Principal, along with accrued interest, is returned at maturity.
  • Key features include: Face Value (amount repaid at maturity), Coupon Rate (interest rate), and Maturity Date (date of principal repayment).

Salient features of bonds

  • Face Value: The principal amount repaid at maturity.
  • Coupon Rate: The interest rate paid to bondholders. It's often fixed.
  • Maturity Date: The date on which the principal amount is repaid.
  • Some bonds have call options allowing the issuer to repay before maturity.

Fixed Income Securities

  • Investors pay the principal to the issuer in exchange for bonds.
  • The issuer pays regular coupons.
  • The issuer repays the principal at maturity.
  • Corporate bonds are a major route for fundraising in India.
  • Corporate bond issuance has seen a significant increase in the last five years, with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of approximately 9%.
  • The outstanding size of the corporate bond market is projected to double by 2030.

Bond Market in India and US

  • Indian bond market size is $2.3 trillion.
  • US bond market size is $50 trillion.
  • Breakdown of the components of the respective bond markets in different categories (Corporate Bonds, Dated G-Secs, T-Bills, CPs, CDs, Muni Bonds).

Corporate Bonds vs Equity Shares

  • Investors in equity shares become part owners of a company.
  • They may receive dividends.
  • Equity shares are generally riskier than corporate bonds
  • Bondholders are lenders to the company.
  • Bondholders do not receive voting rights
  • They receive interest payments plus capital appreciation.

Cash Flow on Bonds

  • Investors make an initial investment in bonds.
  • Periodic interest payments are made to bondholders.
  • Principal and accrued interest are paid at maturity.

Mode of Investment in Bonds

  • Primary market: New bond issues are sold.
  • Secondary market: Existing bonds are traded.
  • Methods include Private Placement, Public Issue, Request for Quote (RFQ) and Over-the-counter (OTC).

Overview of Public Issue Process

  • A process with sequential steps like Kick-Off Meeting, Due Diligence, Filing, Pre-Marketing, and Listing and Trading.

Key Intermediaries

  • Key participants in the process of issue and trading of securities.
  • Lead Managers, Legal Counsel, and Registrar, Debenture Trustee, Advertising/PR agency, Bankers, Printers and Credit Rating Agency.

Private Placement

  • Specific investors, usually institutions purchase bonds directly from the issuer.

Primary/Secondary Market & Public Issue/Private Placement

  • Primary market: Initial issuance of bonds by the issuer
  • Secondary Market: Trading of existing bonds
  • Public Issue: An offering available to the public.
  • Private Placement: Offering bonds to an exclusive group of investors.
  • Bond prices vary depending on supply and demand conditions in the market.

Basic Features and Key Terminologies

  • Bonds have different creditworthiness ratings (investment-grade, non-investment-grade);
  • Different pricing schemes include face value, issue price, market price, redemption value, zero coupon (no coupon), coupon bearing (coupon is paid periodically)

Basic Features of a Bond

  • Types of issuers for bonds including multinational, sovereign, government, quasi-government and company
  • Different types of bonds (investment grade or non investment-grade bonds)

Bond's cash flows

  • An illustration of the standard cash flow for a bond, including annual coupons and redemption on maturity

Key Participants

  • Parties involved in the issuance of Fixed-Income-Securities in the market: Issuers (Government and Corporations), and Investors (institutional and individual investors) and Intermediaries.
  • (Includes Banks, Insurance Companies, Primary Dealers and others).

FIS Issuers In India

  • Issuers of Fixed-Income-Securities in India

Market Segment Issuers

  • Details covering the segments in the Indian debt market, including issuers and relevant instruments.

Role of Regulators

  • RBI's role in regulating the money and G-Sec markets.
  • SEBI's role in regulating the corporate bond market.

Role of Monetary Policy in Debt Markets

  • The central bank's actions impact interest rates, risk premiums, and bank capital, impacting bond markets

Key Challenge - illiquidity

  • Challenges to the corporate bond market

Recent Initiatives by SEBI

  • Initiatives introduced by SEBI

Types of Fixed Income Securities Markets

  • Different segments in the Fixed-Income-Securities market, such as money market and corporate debt market.

Money Market

  • Short-term funding instruments.
  • Characteristic: Easily converted to cash.
  • Usually traded over-the-counter (OTC).

Types of Money Market Instruments

  • Instruments commonly used in the money market include: Certificate of Deposit, Commercial Paper, Treasury Bills, Repurchase Agreements and Banker's Acceptance

What is Call Money Market?

  • Short-term money market segment with a one-day maturity.
  • Borrowings and lending are done between financial institutions

Government Securities Market

  • Tradable instruments issued by the central and state governments.
  • Acknowledges debt obligation.
  • Examples include treasury bills, bonds and Government Securities

Treasury Bills (T-bills)

  • Short-term instruments (91, 182, and 364 days).
  • Issued at a discount, repaid at face value

Cash Management Bills (CMBs)

  • Short-term instruments introduced by the government.
  • Designed to manage temporary mismatches in cash flow.

Dated G-Secs

  • Long-term instruments (maturities from 5-40 years).
  • Pay fixed or floating coupon amounts

How are the G-Secs issued?

  • Processes involved in government bond issuance.

NDS OM Secondary Market

  • Anonymous screen-based order matching system for trading government securities.

Corporate Debt Market

  • Debt instruments issued by corporations.
  • Corporations use these bonds to borrow funds and manage day-to-day expenses or investments

Difference between G-Secs and Corp Bond Market

  • Liquidity, participation of investors, trading platform conventions

Non-wholesale participation in the market

  • Different avenues such as RBI retail direct, bond houses and online bond platforms that allow retail investors to participate in the bond market.

Investment Risks in Fixed Income Securities

  • Risks involved in investment in Fixed-Income-Securities.
  • Including credit risk (default), interest rate risk (price changes), liquidity risk (difficulty trading), exchange rate risk (currency fluctuations), reinvestment risk, call optionality/prepayment optionality, and event risk (unforeseen events).

Pricing of Bonds

  • Methods to calculate a bond's price, considering factors like expected cash flows, required yield, and alternative investment opportunities.

Concept of "Par Value"

  • Face value of a debt instrument.
  • The principal amount promised to be paid at maturity.
  • Usually 100 for Government and 10000 for Corporate bonds.

Review of Time Value

  • Calculating future value and present value, along with annuities

Pricing of FIS

  • Methods of determining prices of different types of fixed-income-securities.

Pricing Yield Relationship

  • Price and yield relationship for bonds.

Relationship Between Coupon Rate, Required Yield, and Price

  • Relationship between coupon rate, yield to maturity and prices.

Relationship Between Bond Price and Time if Interest Rates Are Unchanged

  • How the bond price changes with time if the interest rate does not change.

Total Return

  • Calculation for calculating the total return of a bond, including consideration of the reinvestment rate for future coupon payments

Horizon Analysis

  • How to use total return to measure performance over an investment period.

Calculating Yield Changes

  • Methods to calculate the change in yield in basis points or percentage.

Annualizing yields

  • Methods for annualizing yields from different payment frequencies.

Conventional Yield Measures

  • Various ways to measure bond yields, including current yield, yield to maturity, yield to call, yield to put, yield to worst, cash flow yield, and yield on a portfolio

Yield To Maturity

  • Interest rate that equates the present value of all future cash flows to the current price.
  • It is a common measure of return
  • It helps determine the expected return

Computing the Yield or Internal Rate of Return on any Investment

  • Methods to calculate the yield or internal rate of return.

Annualizing Yields

  • Methods to annualize yields based on payment frequencies.

Measuring Yields

  • Different ways to measure yields

Bond Portfolio Management

  • Overview and important concepts of managing a bond portfolio, including asset allocation strategies, market views, and regulatory mandates and objectives.

Constructing the Portfolio

  • Different ways to create a bond portfolio, and factors to consider such as mandates, views, and how much risk they are willing to take in the investment
  • (Including factors that might influence the investment goals, risk tolerance)

Regulatory Mandates in India

  • Regulatory standards and mandates for different entities.
  • Including banks, life insurance companies, pension funds and mutual funds

Mandates and Objectives

  • Various financial institutions (like banks, insurance companies, mutual funds and others) operating in the bond/debt market with their mandates and related objectives

Investment Portfolios at a Glance

  • Summary of the composition and characteristics of portfolios from various entities

Debt Mutual Fund Schemes in India

  • Various categories of debt mutual funds in India and their characteristics.

The Asset Allocation Decision

  • Top-down and bottom-up approaches to asset allocation, and micro-approach in asset allocation.

Key Risks to Consider in Bond Portfolio Management

  • Key risks faced by an investor in a bond portfolio, such as interest rate risk, reinvestment risk, liquidity risk, credit/default risk and political/regulatory risk

Bond Portfolio Strategies

  • Strategies for managing a bond portfolio, such as benchmark-based strategies (pure bond index matching, enhanced indexing and active management strategies), absolute return strategies and liability-driven strategies (interest rate matching, cash flow matching etc).

Bond Benchmark Based Strategies

  • Passive strategies designed to closely reflect the performance of a fixed-income market index.

Yield Curve Strategies

  • Investing strategies based on the shape of the yield curve.

Asset Liability Management in Banks

  • Methods for managing bank assets and liabilities to mitigate risk.

Immunization

  • Mitigating risk associated with interest rate changes

Duration Matching

  • Calculating the weights of bonds to ensure a desired portfolio duration.

Portfolio Duration

  • Weighted average duration of individual bonds

Calculating Portfolio Duration

  • Calculating the weighted average of bond durations for a portfolio

Searching Alpha and Understanding Beta

  • Concepts of expected return and volatility of portfolio returns

Valuation Model

  • Models to value bonds, both option-free and those with embedded options, including the treatment of risk, interest rate volatility

Impact of Expected Interest-Rate Volatility on Price

  • How interest rate volatility affects the price of callable bonds

Determining the Call Option Value

  • Calculating the value of a call option embedded in a bond

Extension to Other Embedded Options

  • Applying the valuation framework to other bond options.

Incorporating Default Risk

  • Incorporating the probability of issuer defaults into bond valuation

Option-Adjusted Spread

  • Adjusting spread to account for the effects of embedded options and risk components

Effective Duration and Convexity

  • Measures of bond price sensitivity to interest rate changes, accounting for embedded options

Concept of Yield

  • Introduction and fundamental concept of yield in fixed-income securities.

Coupon Income

  • Regular payments promised by the issuer

Capital Appreciation

  • Gain or loss from changes in the market value of a bond.

Reinvestment Income

  • Income from reinvesting coupon and interest payments

Traditional Yield Measures

  • Introduction of different ways to measure yields

Coupon rate

  • Calculating the simple bond yield (or coupon rate)

Current Yield

  • Calculating current yield

Yield to Maturity (YTM)

  • Calculating yield to maturity.

Computing the Yield or Internal Rate of Return on any Investment

  • Calculating the yield

Conventional Yield Measures

  • Various ways of calculating the yield of a bond

Yield To Call

  • Calculation for yield to call on a bond

Yield To Sinker

  • Calculation for yield to sinker

Yield To Put

  • Calculation for yield to put

Yield To Worst

  • Calculation of yield to worst, which is the minimum of the other yields

Cash Flow Yield

  • Calculating yield based on the present values of the cash flows

Yield (Internal Rate of Return) for a Portfolio

  • Calculating the yield on a bond portfolio

Yield Spread Measures for Floating-Rate Securities

  • Calculating yield spread on floating rate securities

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This quiz explores complex concepts in bond valuation, including the relationship between non-putable and putable bonds, the significance of option-adjusted spreads, and the implications of modeling risk. It also delves into the yield curve strategies and duration gap analysis, crucial for risk management in bond portfolios.

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