Catastrophe Bonds By Kirill Graminschi The trouble with Catastrophe Bonds The article presents the difficulties insurance companies face when they are issuing catastrophe bonds. Do they efficiently hedge against large-scale disasters? It is very difficult hedging against catastrophic losses. Japan’s March earthquake‚ tsunami and nuclear disaster threat could cost the insurance industry between $21 and $34 billion. The catastrophe bonds are not helping much the insurance companies‚ although
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The characteristic of a convertible bond The convertible bond is one kind of equity-linked bonds. The term of the bond entitles bondholder to convert bonds into shares of the company or another company in the same group‚ at an agreed-upon conversion price‚ among a fixed period. The reason why it is made in this form is that the issuer can benefit from four aspects as follow‚ (1) better terms. A convertible bond have a lower interest rate‚ less restrictive covenants or the subordination of bondholders’
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OF IAN FLEMING’S JAMES BOND- WITH REFERENCE TO ‘FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE’. From Russia‚ with Love is the fifth novel in Ian Fleming ’s James Bond series‚ first published in the UK by Jonathan Cape on 8 April 1957. As with the first four books‚ From Russia‚ with Love was generally well received by the critics. The story was written at Fleming ’s Golden eye estate in Jamaica in early 1956. By the time the book was published‚ he did not know whether he wanted to write another Bond book or not. The story
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VALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF BONDS All Rights Reserved © Oxford University Press‚ 2011 2 CONTENTS Introduction Features of the bond Face Value l Coupon Rate Periodicity of coupon payments Maturity Redemption Value Fixed and Floating Rate Bonds Indexed Bonds Callable & Puttable Bonds C ll bl & P tt bl B d Zero Coupon and Deep Discount Bonds Convertible Bonds CHAPTER 6 Types of Bonds Types of Bonds Cash Flow of the bond VALUATION & MANAGEMENT OF BONDS 3
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paper analyses two markets where companies raise funds. Commercial papers (CP) are unsecured‚ wholesale promissory notes with fixed maturities for up to one year‚ usually issued at a discount to par value and repay full par at maturity. The interest earned is thus implied in the difference between the amount the company receives and the higher it repays. CP:s are largely used to finance accounts receivables and are essential in keeping many businesses afloat. The bond market is another environment
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main advantages and disadvantages of CAT bonds compared to (re)insurance from the perspective of the party seeking protection. The first main advantage of CAT bond compared to reinsurance‚ in terms of the party seeking protection‚ the Sponsor‚Munich Re in our case‚ is that CAT bond ‚which is Queen Street II Captial Ltd in our case ‚allows the Munich Re to transfer the catastrophe risks (North Atlantic U.S.hurricane and European windstorms) to the CAT bond investors via SPRV‚ Queen Street II Capital
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A chemical bond is an attraction between atoms that allows the formation of chemical substances that contain two or more atoms. The bond is caused by the electromagnetic force attraction between opposite charges‚ either between electrons and nuclei‚ or as the result of a dipole attraction. The strength of chemical bonds varies considerably; there are "strong bonds" such as covalent or ionic bonds and "weak bonds" such as dipole-dipole interactions‚ the London dispersion force and hydrogen bonding
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5-1 Bond Valuation with Annual payments Jackson Corporation’s bonds have 12 years remaining to maturity. Interest is paid annually‚ the bonds have a $1‚000 par value‚ and the coupon interest rate is 8%. The bonds have a yield to maturity of 9%. What is the current market price of these bonds? F= par value C= maturity value R= coupon rate per coupon payment period I= effective interest rate per coupon payment period N= number of coupon paynments F= 1000 so C should = 1000 r= .08 i=
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is settled on day 210? 2. Using information in Table 7.1‚ complete the following: (a) Given the zero-coupon bond prices‚ compute the implied forward rates from time 1 to time 2‚ time 2 to time 3 and time 1 to time 3. (b) Calculate the implied coupon rate of a 2-year par coupon bond that will be issued at time 1. 3. Suppose the coupon rates for 1-year‚ 2-year‚ and 3-year par coupon bonds are 5%‚ 5.97%‚ and 6.91%‚ respectively. (a) Compute the implied effective annual forward rate between year 1
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HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 1. Callaghan Motors’ bonds have 10 years remaining to maturity. Interest is paid annually‚ they have a $1‚000 par value‚ the coupon interest rate is 8%‚ and the yield to maturity is 9%. What is the bond’s current market price? PV factor of sum = (1+i)^-n = (1+9%)^-10 =1.09^-10 = 0.4224 PV factor of annuity = 1 - (1+i)^-n / i = 1 - (1+9%)^-10 / 9% = 1 - 0.4224 / 9% = 0.5775 / 9% = 6.417 = PV factor of Sum * Par Value + PV factor of annuity * coupon payment = 0.4224 * 1‚000
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