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Structured Products Credit Derivatives Copyright © 1998-2006 Investment Analytics

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Credit Derivatives

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Credit Derivatives Credit Risk ¾ Credit Assets ¾ Credit Derivatives ¾ Applications ¾

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Credit Risk ¾

Default Risk

• Loan not repaid in full ¾

Downgrade Risk

• Rating agency reduces debtor’s credit rating • Reduces value of debt ¾

Credit Spread Risk

• If credit deteriorates, spread relative to base index will widen Copyright © 1998-2006 Investment Analytics

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Credit Risk Future bond cash flows not certain - risk of default ¾ Risk measured by rating agencies ¾

• Moody’s Investor Services • Standard & Poor’s Corp. ¾

Rating Scales: Moody’s Aaa Aa A Baa Ba - D

S&P AAA AA A BBB BB - D

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Highest quality debt.

Min. investment grade High Yield (“Junk”)

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Credit as an Asset ¾ Portfolio

of Credits can be segregated into baskets of loans ¾ Portfolio manager uses credit derivatives to: • enhance yields • diversify credit holdings

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Rationale for Credit Derivatives: Credit Risk and Cost of Capital • Spread compensates for expected and unexpected loss • Spread should fund the loan loss reserve and provide adequate return on capital/reserve

Frequency of Occurence

expected loss = probability of default x (1 - recovery rate)

unexpected loss = volatility x (1 - recovery rate)

Loss ($mm)

3 standard deviations of loss

500

50

Spread = (1 - recovery rate)[expected default rate + return on capital] Copyright © 1998-2006 Investment Analytics

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Rationale for Credit Derivatives: Risk Adjusted Return 130

¾

Growing exposure demands increased spread to satisfy return on risk requirement Analysis helps identify credit constraints and opportunities

120 110 100 Spread (bp)

¾

Decrease exposure

Constant return on risk

90 80

Market spread

70 60

Increase exposure

50 0.1

0.5

1

2

5

10

Exposure (%)

¾

Active management of credit portfolio is key

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Dynamic Management of Credit Risk

Exposure or Risk

Tolerance Level

Sell Credit Derivative or Loan Time

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Rationale for Credit Derivatives ¾

Continuing and growing need for funding

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Managing reserve requirements & other constraints

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Enhancing credit characteristics of existing products & portfolios

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Pricing credit risk

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Credit risk and cost of capital

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Risk adjusted return

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Applications ¾

Credit risk = default risk + credit spread risk

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Credit derivatives allow transfer of:

• Default Risk • Credit Spread Risk ¾

Reasons:

• Risk mitigation • Investment • Diversification Copyright © 1998-2006 Investment Analytics

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Asset management examples ¾

Hedging

• Transfer default risk in a confidential manner • Investor can short in new markets ¾

Replacement of cash assets

• Leverages return vs cash investment • Rescue structures ¾

Tax/accounting management

• Can defer/eliminate capital gains and withholding taxes Copyright © 1998-2006 Investment Analytics

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Defining credit derivatives ¾

Financial contracts with a payout linked to:

• • • •

Loan or bond values Default or credit events Credit spreads Credit ratings

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Cash settled, or delivery of underlying

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On single names, baskets, indices

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Delivery as notes or OTC contracts

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Delivery as swaps or options

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Basic structures ¾

First generation

• Total return swap • Default swap • Default digital ¾

Second generation

• Floating rate asset derivatives • Fixed coupon asset derivatives • Rating option ¾

Third generation exotics

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Total Return Swap • Party A pays total return on underlying asset • •

(including interest and capital appreciation) Party B pays funding payment (LIBOR + x%) plus any capital depreciation Bank A removes credit risk without selling the underlying Total Return B

A LIBOR + x% + any capital depreciation Copyright © 1998-2006 Investment Analytics

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Default Swap • Bank A pays default premium x b.p. until default • Bank B pays agreed notional amount on default • •

(relative to underlying reference loan or security) B assumes credit risk from A Bank A can factor cost of the swap into loan loan and removes credit risk of a valued customer X b.p. up to default B

A $Y on default Copyright © 1998-2006 Investment Analytics

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Limited Recourse Note This is a bond whose coupons are linked to defaultable underlying assets S1 and S2 ¾ Coupon is contingent: ¾

• X1% until default of S1 or S2 • X2% after first default • X3% after 2nd default

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Credit Spread Option • Pays N[S-K]+ at maturity ‹ where

S is the yield spread between the underlying security and US Treasury ‹ K is an agreed strike level, ‹ N is notional.

• This is a straight play on movement of credit spreads.

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Credit Swaps: Applications ¾

Single risk transfer

• transfer exposure to single credit ¾

Dual risk transfer

• exchange of pair of credits Yield enhancement ¾ Gaining market exposure ¾

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Credit Swap: Single Risk Transfer Hedge default risk ¾ Diversify portfolio ¾

LIBOR + 20bp Bank

Portfolio Manager Leveraged Co. debt payments

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Using Credit Swaps to Gain Exposure ¾

Fund wants high yield investment

• Emerging markets

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Problem: investment restrictions

• Typical: can’t invest below BBB grade debt Copyright © 1998-2006 Investment Analytics

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Emerging Market Credit Swap Example

Fixed coupon 7% Bank

Portfolio Manager Korean loan yield 8.25%

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Credit Leverage ¾ Set

NP to desired leverage level

• Previous example: 125 bp spread on $1MM •

portfolio Set swap NP to $10MM: spread is now worth 12.5%

• If credit deteriorates loss is also greater!!

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Credit Options Allow trading or hedging of changes in credit quality ¾ Put options ¾

• Right to sell credit (spread) at specified strike price ¾

Call options

• Right to purchase credit (spread) at specified strike price ¾

Typically achieved by purchasing bond options

• Put option on bond = call option on yield spread Copyright © 1998-2006 Investment Analytics

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Credit Option - Example ¾

Portfolio manager holds LDC debt

• Wants protection against falling credit values ¾

Purchases put option on Argentinian govt. bond

• Bond has 5 year term, duration 3.2 • Strike price, X = 100 bp spread • Premium = 75bp Later: spread widens to S = 128 ¾ Option payoff: Duration x (S - X) ¾

• 3.2 x (128 - 100) = 89.6 bp • Net gain: ~ 14.6bp Copyright © 1998-2006 Investment Analytics

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Exotic Credit Options Barrier and digital options common ¾ Example: ¾

• Portfolio manager bullish on Mexican debt • Seeks to profit from narrowing credit spread • Purchases up-and-out put on credit spread

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Up and Out Credit Put 3.5

Strike = Floating + 30

3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5

Credit Spread

0.0 0

10

20

30

40

50

60

barrier = 40 bp

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Other Credit Derivatives ¾

Credit spread caps

• Locks in maximum spread on borrowings ¾

Asset backed notes

• Bundle of non-investment grade credits ¾

Principal protected notes

• Offer up to 100% protection of principal ¾

Basket instruments

• Hard to price ¾

Credit index instruments

• Not yet widely traded Copyright © 1998-2006 Investment Analytics

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