Corporate bond

Short description: Bond issued by a corporation

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A corporate bond is a bond issued by a corporation in order to raise financing for a variety of reasons such as to ongoing operations, mergers & acquisitions, or to expand business.[1] The term is usually applied to longer-term debt instruments, with maturity of at least one year. Corporate debt instruments with maturity shorter than one year are referred to as commercial paper.

## Contents

* 1 Definition
* 2 Trading
* 3 High grade versus high yield
* 4 Bond types
* 5 Valuation
* 6 Derivatives
* 7 Risk analysis
* 7.1 Default risk
* 7.2 Other risks
* 8 Corporate bond indices
* 9 Corporate bond market transparency
* 10 Foreign-currency denominated bonds
* 11 See also
* 12 References

## Definition

A corporate bond is a bond issued by a corporation in order to raise financing for a variety of reasons such as to ongoing operations, mergers & acquisitions, or to expand business.[1] The term sometimes also encompasses bonds issued by supranational organizations (such as European Bank for Reconstruction and Development). Strictly speaking, however, it only applies to those issued by corporations. The bonds of local authorities (municipal bonds) are not included.[2]

## Trading

Corporate bonds trade in decentralized, dealer-based, over-the-counter markets. In over-the-counter trading dealers act as intermediaries between buyers and sellers. Corporate bonds are sometimes listed on exchanges (these are called "listed" bonds) and ECNs. However, the vast majority of trading volume happens over-the-counter.[3]

## High grade versus high yield

Corporate bonds are divided into two main categories High Grade (also called Investment Grade) and High Yield (also called Non-Investment Grade, Speculative Grade, or Junk Bonds) according to their credit rating.[4] Bonds rated AAA, AA, A, and BBB are High Grade, while bonds rated BB and below are High Yield. This is a significant distinction as High Grade and High Yield bonds are traded by different trading desks and held by different investors.[5] For example, many pension funds and insurance companies are prohibited from holding more than a token amount of High Yield bonds (by internal rules or government regulation).[6] The distinction between High Grade and High Yield is also common to most corporate bond markets.[6]

## Bond types

The coupon (i.e. interest payment) is usually taxable for the investor. It is tax deductible for the corporation paying it. For US dollar corporates, the coupon is almost always semiannual, while Euro denominated corporates pay coupon quarterly.[7][8]

The coupon can be zero. In this case the bond, a zero-coupon bond, is sold at a discount (i.e. a $100 face value bond sold initially for $80). The investor benefits by paying $80, but collecting $100 at maturity. The $20 gain (ignoring time value of money) is in lieu of the regular coupon. However, this is rare for corporate bonds.

Some corporate bonds have an embedded call option that allows the issuer to redeem the debt before its maturity date. These are called callable bonds.[9] A less common feature is an embedded put option that allows investors to put the bond back to the issuer before its maturity date. These are called putable bonds. Both of these features are common to the High Yield market. High Grade bonds rarely have embedded options. A straight bond that is neither callable nor putable is called a bullet bond.

Other bonds, known as convertible bonds, allow investors to convert the bond into equity. They can also be secured or unsecured, senior or subordinated, and issued out of different parts of the company's capital structure.[10]

## Valuation

Further information: Bond valuation

High grade corporate bonds usually trade at market interest rate but low grade corporate bonds usually trade on credit spread.[11] Credit spread is the difference in yield between the corporate bond and a Government bond of similar maturity or duration (e.g. for US Dollar corporates, US Treasury bonds). It is essentially the extra yield an investor earns over a risk free instrument as a compensation for the extra risk: thus, the better the quality of the bond, the smaller the spread between its required return and the yield to maturity (YTM) of the benchmark; see § Risk analysis below.This increased required return is then used to discount the bond's cash flows, using the present value formula for bonds, to obtain the bond's price. See Bond (finance) § Bond valuation for discussion, and for the math, Bond valuation.

## Derivatives

The most common derivative on corporate bonds are called credit default swaps (CDS) which are contracts between two parties that provide a synthetic exposure with similar risks to owning the bond. The bond that the CDS is based on is called the Reference Entity and the difference between the credit spread of the bond and the spread of the CDS is called the Bond-CDS basis.

## Risk analysis

### Default risk

Compared to government bonds, corporate bonds generally have a higher risk of default. This risk depends on the particular corporation issuing the bond, the current market conditions and governments to which the bond issuer is being compared and the rating of the company. Corporate bond holders are compensated for this risk by receiving a higher yield than government bonds. The difference in yield (called credit spread) reflects the higher probability of default, the expected loss in the event of default, and may also reflect liquidity and risk premia; see Bond credit rating, High-yield debt.

### Other risks

Additional to default risk, as discussed, there are other risks for which corporate bondholders expect to be compensated through an increased credit spread. This explains, for example, the Option Adjusted Spread on a Ginnie Mae MBS relative to the Treasury curve.

* Credit Spread Risk: The risk that the credit spread of a bond (extra yield to compensate investors for taking default risk), which is inherent in the fixed coupon, becomes insufficient compensation for default risk that has later deteriorated. As the coupon is fixed the only way the credit spread can readjust to new circumstances is by the market price of the bond falling and the yield rising to such a level that an appropriate credit spread is offered.
* Interest Rate Risk: The risk that level of Yields generally in a bond market, as expressed by Government Bond Yields, may change and thus bring about changes in the market value of Fixed-Coupon bonds so that their Yield to Maturity adjusts to newly appropriate levels.
* Liquidity Risk: There may not be a continuous secondary market for a bond, thus leaving an investor with difficulty in selling at, or even near to, a fair price. This particular risk could become more severe in developing markets, where a large amount of junk bonds belong, such as India, Vietnam, Indonesia, etc.[12]
* Supply Risk: Heavy issuance of new bonds similar to the one held may depress their prices.
* Inflation Risk: Inflation reduces the real value of future fixed cash flows. An anticipation of inflation, or higher inflation, may depress prices immediately.
* Tax Change Risk: Unanticipated changes in taxation may adversely impact the value of a bond to investors and consequently its immediate market value.

## Corporate bond indices

Corporate bond indices include the Barclays Corporate Bond Index, S&P U.S. Issued Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index (SPUSCIG), the Citigroup US Broad Investment Grade Credit Index, the JPMorgan US Liquid Index (JULI), and the Dow Jones Corporate Bond Index.

## Corporate bond market transparency

Speaking in 2005, SEC Chief Economist Chester S. Spatt offered the following opinion on the transparency of corporate bond markets:

> Frankly, I find it surprising that there has been so little attention to pre-trade transparency in the design of the U.S. bond markets. While some might argue that this is a consequence of the degree of fragmentation in the bond market, I would point to options markets and European bond markets-which are similarly fragmented, but much more transparent on a pre-trade basis.[13]

A combination of mathematical and regulatory initiatives are aimed at addressing pre-trade transparency in the U.S. corporate bond markets.

## Foreign-currency denominated bonds

In February 2015 it was expected that Apple Inc. would issue its corporate bonds in Swiss francs, as the yields of Switzerland's government bonds went negative.[14] Taking advantage of the very low borrowing costs, the computer maker intended to sell CHF-denominated bonds for the first time. The California-based company did sell positive-yield and Swiss franc-denominated bonds on 10 February 2015, borrowing CHF 1.25 billion (nearly equivalent to US$1.35 billion). It was thought that the company aimed to expand its total shareholder return more in 2015 than in 2014.[15]

## See also

* Debenture
* Corporate debt bubble
* Corporate debt by country
* List of most indebted companies

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 O'Sullivan, Arthur; Sheffrin, Steven M. (2003). Economics: Principles in Action. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall. pp. 281. ISBN 0-13-063085-3.
2. ↑ Bessembinder, Hendrik; Maxwell, William (2008-03-01). "Markets: Transparency and the Corporate Bond Market" (in en). Journal of Economic Perspectives 22 (2): 217–234. doi:10.1257/jep.22.2.217. ISSN 0895-3309. https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.22.2.217.
3. ↑ O’ Hara, Maureen; Wang, Yihui; (Alex) Zhou, Xing (2018-11-01). "The execution quality of corporate bonds". Journal of Financial Economics 130 (2): 308–326. doi:10.1016/j.jfineco.2018.06.009. ISSN 0304-405X. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304405X18301582.
4. ↑ Hoffland, David L. (1972). "The Price-Rating Structure of the Municipal Bond Market" (in en). Financial Analysts Journal 28 (2): 65–70. doi:10.2469/faj.v28.n2.65. ISSN 0015-198X. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.2469/faj.v28.n2.65.
5. ↑ Altman, Edward I.; Kao, Duen Li (1992). "The Implications of Corporate Bond Ratings Drift" (in en). Financial Analysts Journal 48 (3): 64–75. doi:10.2469/faj.v48.n3.64. ISSN 0015-198X. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.2469/faj.v48.n3.64.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Livingston, Miles; Zhou, Lei (2020-08-27), "Credit Ratings and Rating Agencies" (in en), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190625979.013.605, ISBN 978-0-19-062597-9, https://oxfordre.com/economics/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780190625979.001.0001/acrefore-9780190625979-e-605, retrieved 2023-11-06
7. ↑ "What Are Corporate Bonds?". https://www.sec.gov/files/ib_corporatebonds.pdf.
8. ↑ Schaefer, Stephen M. (1977). "The Problem with Redemption Yields" (in en). Financial Analysts Journal 33 (4): 59–67. doi:10.2469/faj.v33.n4.59. ISSN 0015-198X. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.2469/faj.v33.n4.59.
9. ↑ Pye, Gordon (1966). "The Value of the Call Option on a Bond" (in en). Journal of Political Economy 74 (2): 200–205. doi:10.1086/259137. ISSN 0022-3808. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/259137.
10. ↑ Brennan, Michael J.; Schwartz, Eduardo S. (1980). "Analyzing Convertible Bonds". The Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 15 (4): 907–929. doi:10.2307/2330567. ISSN 0022-1090. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2330567.
11. ↑ Haesen, Daniel (2011-08-23). "On the Nature and Predictability of Corporate Bond Returns". Econometrics: Applied Econometric Modeling in Financial Economics eJournal (Social Science Research Network). doi:10.2139/ssrn.1914680. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID2060825_code158781.pdf.
12. ↑ Vuong, Quan Hoang; Tran, Tri Dung (2010). "Vietnam's Corporate Bond Market, 1990-2010: Some Reflections". The Journal of Economic Policy and Research (Institute of Public Enterprises) 6 (1): 1–47. http://www.vietnamica.net/op/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/VuongTran.JEPR_.Vol6_.No1_.2011.pdf.
13. ↑ Spatt, Chester. "Broad Themes in Market Microstructure". https://www.sec.gov/news/speech/spch050605css.htm.
14. ↑ S. Bakewell (9 February 2015). "Apple said to hire banks for sale of Swiss franc bonds". Bloomberg Business.
15. ↑ B. Edwards (10 February 2015). "Apple Sells Two-Part Swiss Franc Bond". The Wall Street Journal .

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