Brady Bonds Pallavi Rao Morris Chen
Brady Bonds n n n n Buy Mexican par or discount bonds Buy Venezuela par or discount bonds Fair opening price of Costa Rican Principal Series A Hold or sell Mexican Brady Bond at Nov. 2003 Useful Diversification Tool? Method & estimate of country risk with Brady Bond Hedge Mexican exposure Probability of default in the Future
What is a Brady Bond? Principal collateral n Rolling-interest guarantee n Value recovery rights n n n bonds Par Discount bonds
Mexico Par/Discount Par Data n n n n T-Bond 30 Yrs YTM T-Bill 1 Yr Country Risk CCC Bond YTM Coupon Interest Face Value Prob of Default Discount Data 8. 56% 8. 35% 5. 00% 13. 35% 6. 25% 100 4. 00% n n n n T-Bond 30 Yrs YTM T-Bill 1 Yr Country Risk CCC Bond YTM LIBOR + 13/16 Face Value Prob of Default 8. 56% 8. 35% 5. 00% 13. 35% 9. 31% 100 4. 00%
Mexico Par/Discount Mexico Par NPV = 40. 88 n Mexico Discount NPV = 56. 72 n Recommendation: Buy Mexico Par
Venezuela Par/Discount Par Data n n n n T-Bond 30 Yrs YTM T-Bill 1 Yr Country Risk C Bond YTM Coupon Interest Face Value Prob of Default Discount Data 8. 24% 7. 05% 8. 00% 15. 05% 6. 75% 100 6. 00% n n n n T-Bond 30 Yrs YTM T-Bill 1 Yr Country Risk C Bond YTM LIBOR + 13/16 Face Value Prob of Default 8. 24% 7. 05% 8. 00% 15. 05% 9. 31% 100 6. 00%
Venezuela Par/Discount Venezuela Par NPV = 36. 66 n Venezuela Discount NPV = 47. 03 n Recommendation: Buy Venezuela Par
Costa Rica Principal Series A Data n n n n T-Bond 30 Yrs YTM T-Bill 1 Yr Country Risk CC Bond YTM Coupon Interest Face Value Prob of Default 7. 73% 8. 32% 6. 50% 14. 82% 6. 25% 100 5. 00%
Costa Rica Principal Series A n Costa Rica Principal Series A NPV = 49. 15
Hold or Sell Mexico Brady Bond Par Data as 11/2003 n n n n T-Bond 30 Yrs YTM T-Bill 1 Yr Country Risk BB Bond YTM Coupon Interest Face Value Prob of Default 5. 15% 1. 71% 4. 50% 6. 21% 6. 25% 100 3. 00%
Hold or Sell Mexico Brady Bond n Mexico Par as of 11/2003 NPV = $68. 83 Current Selling Price = $100. 00 Recommendation: Sell Mexico Par
Useful Diversification Tool? n Approx. 60% variance in Mexican par prices is attributable to changes in US Treasury. Conclusion: High correlation between Mexican Brady Bonds and US Treasury. Therefore, not a good diversification tool.
Estimate Country Risk with Brady Bond n Brady Bond YTM = US T-bill + Spread Therefore, Country Risk = Brady Bond YTM – Risk Free YTM
Hedge Mexican Exposure n Brady Bond has two risk components Sovereign Risk (Country’s political & econ. Risk) Interest Rate Risk (US Interest rate fluctuations) Solution: Hedge Interest Rate Risk with CBOT bond futures Hedge Sovereign Risk with put options in Mexico
Probability of Default Country Risk Ranking = 47 (100 most risky) n Brady Bond buybacks n Political Risks = C n Economic Policy Risk = B n Economic Structure Risk = C n Liquidity Risk = C n Overall Risk = C n
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