Arbitrage n Government Bond Market Case Facts: Samantha Thompson‚ who analyzed and traded government bond for the firm of Mercer and Associates‚ seems to believe that she has found an arbitrage opportunity in U.S government bond market in 1991. U.S government bond market is the largest‚ most liquid‚ and closely watched fixed-income markets in the world and hence finding an arbitrage opportunity there was unlikely. Mercers were active in repo markets and occasionally participated in bond arbitrage on its
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You have been asked to write a training document about the US Bond Market for use in the new employee-training program. In your document‚ you must make sure to address each of the following: 1a: The key players in the market; and the types of investments available to both individual investors and institutional investors‚ Bond Characteristics A bond is a "security" which gives the holder a financial claim on the issuer. This claim protects the holder in circumstances in which the issuer is
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CHAPTER 12 INTERNATIONAL BOND MARKETS SUGGESTED ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS QUESTIONS 1. Describe the differences between foreign bonds and Eurobonds. Also discuss why Eurobonds make up the lion’s share of the international bond market. Answer: The two segments of the international bond market are: foreign bonds and Eurobonds. A foreign bond issue is one offered by a foreign borrower to investors in a national capital market and denominated in that
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1. The security of the bond‚ that is‚ whether the bond has collateral. Effect on the coupon rate of the bond issue: Bond’s with collateral will have lower coupon rate as bondholders have claim on collateral no matter what. Advantage: It provides an asset which lower default risk. Disadvantage: Companies cannot sell this collateral as an asset and need to maintain it. 2. The seniority of the bond Effect on the coupon rate of the bond issue: The more senior the bond‚ the lower the coupon
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includes- shares‚ debentures‚ bonds etc. A key division within the capital markets is between the primary markets and secondary markets. In primary markets‚ new stock or bond issues are sold to investors‚ often via a mechanism known as underwriting. The main entities seeking to raise long-term funds on the primary capital markets are governments (which may be municipal‚ local or national) and business enterprises (companies). Governments tend to issue only bonds‚ whereas companies often issue
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VIETNAM BOND MARKET Nguyen Ngoc Anh Ministry of Finance – Vietnam 11/2009 A YOUNG AND GROWING MARKET • The Vietnam bond market development was boosted when Vietnam entered WTO in 2006. Total market capitalsisation is now at 15% of GDP. >500 government bonds outstanding on some USD 12 billion After 2008 foreign exodus the market today is predominantly Vietnamese with a handful of big players. In the absence of mutual funds and pension funds‚ banks dare key players. BOND GROWTH 2001-2008
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marks) The yield to maturity on a bond is: (a) based on the assumption that any payments received are reinvested at the coupon rate of return. (b) based on the assumption that any payments received are reinvested at the current yield. (c) below the coupon rate when the bond sells at a discount‚ and above the coupon rate when the bond sells at a premium. (d) none of the above. B. (2 marks) In which one of the following cases is the bond selling at a premium? (a) Coupon
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Bond issue price and premium amortization Bond issue price and premium amortization On January 1‚ 2011‚ Placido Co. issued ten-year bonds with a face value of P1‚000‚000 and a stated interest rate of 10%‚ payable semiannually on June 30 and December 31. The bonds were sold to yield 12%. Table values are: Present value of 1 for 10 periods at 10% ......................................... .386 Present value of 1 for 10 periods at 12% ...........
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Treasury Bond Yields ______________________________________________________________________ I. Introduction The Federal Open Market Committee raised the federal funds target interest rate from the historically low 1% to 1.25% at its meeting in June 2004. Macroeconomic theory tells us that long-term interest rates tend to move in the same direction‚ and generally in concert with‚ shortterm interest rates (Abel 2005). So‚ we would expect the yield on a long-term asset like the10year Treasury bond‚ which
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Government Bonds & E Savings Bonds David A Barton Colorado Technical University Online Government Bonds & E Savings Bonds Retrieved from: Treasury Direct http://www.treasurydirect.gov/BC/SBPrice EE BONDS: $ 50 - $500 - $1‚000 Oct-2001 | | Oct-2004 | | Oct-2007 | | Oct-2010 | Value | | Int. Rate | | Value | | Int. Rate | | Value | | Int. Rate | |
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