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Fair Pricing of Equity-linked Notes

Reneby, Alexander LU (2016) NEKP03 20161
Department of Economics
Abstract
Following evidence of overpricing in structured products, I develop a comprehensive framework for pricing Equity-linked notes (ELNs). My model, unlike previous research, accounts for both the bank's actual funding costs and counterparty credit risk. I also allow for Asian payoffs in the derivative part — a feature now standard in ELN issuances. Studying a sample of eight ELNs issued by a Swedish bank during 2011 I find evidence of significant overpricing. Premia at time of issuance were on average 5.58% ranging between 2.53% and 10.54%. Additionally, when considering the full contract term I found significant average premia in bid quotes provided by the bank to markets of the same size. I finally conjecture that imbalances and fluctuations... (More)
Following evidence of overpricing in structured products, I develop a comprehensive framework for pricing Equity-linked notes (ELNs). My model, unlike previous research, accounts for both the bank's actual funding costs and counterparty credit risk. I also allow for Asian payoffs in the derivative part — a feature now standard in ELN issuances. Studying a sample of eight ELNs issued by a Swedish bank during 2011 I find evidence of significant overpricing. Premia at time of issuance were on average 5.58% ranging between 2.53% and 10.54%. Additionally, when considering the full contract term I found significant average premia in bid quotes provided by the bank to markets of the same size. I finally conjecture that imbalances and fluctuations in directions of trade flows could create incentives for banks to skew both bid- and offer quotes to lower levels, especially early in contract terms. (Less)
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author
Reneby, Alexander LU
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organization
course
NEKP03 20161
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Fair pricing, structured products, equity-linked notes, stochastic volatility
language
English
id
8893572
date added to LUP
2016-10-28 15:16:03
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2016-10-28 15:16:03
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  abstract     = {{Following evidence of overpricing in structured products, I develop a comprehensive framework for pricing Equity-linked notes (ELNs). My model, unlike previous research, accounts for both the bank's actual funding costs and counterparty credit risk. I also allow for Asian payoffs in the derivative part — a feature now standard in ELN issuances. Studying a sample of eight ELNs issued by a Swedish bank during 2011 I find evidence of significant overpricing. Premia at time of issuance were on average 5.58% ranging between 2.53% and 10.54%. Additionally, when considering the full contract term I found significant average premia in bid quotes provided by the bank to markets of the same size. I finally conjecture that imbalances and fluctuations in directions of trade flows could create incentives for banks to skew both bid- and offer quotes to lower levels, especially early in contract terms.}},
  author       = {{Reneby, Alexander}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Fair Pricing of Equity-linked Notes}},
  year         = {{2016}},
}