Leveraged Finance: Concepts, Methods, and Trading of High-Yield Bonds, Loans, and Derivatives

Leveraged Finance: Concepts, Methods, and Trading of High-Yield Bonds, Loans, and Derivatives

by STEPHEN J. ANTCZAK, DOUGLAS J. LUCAS, FRANK J. FABOZZI
Released July 2009
Publisher(s): Wiley
ISBN: 9780470503706

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Book description

A timely guide to today's high-yield corporate debt markets Leveraged Finance is a comprehensive guide to the instruments and markets that finance much of corporate America. Presented in five sections, this experienced author team covers topics ranging from the basics of bonds and loans to more advanced topics such as valuing CDs, default correlations among CLOs, and hedging strategies across corporate capital structures. Additional topics covered include basic corporate credit, relative value analysis, and various trading strategies used by investors, such as hedging credit risk with the equity derivatives of a different company. Stephen Antczak, Douglas Lucas, and Frank Fabozzi present readers with real-market examples of how investors can identify investment opportunities and how to express their views on the market or specific companies through trading strategies, and examine various underlying assets including loans, corporate bonds, and much more. They also offer readers an overview of synthetic and structured products such as CDS, LCDS, CDX, LCDX, and CLOs. Leveraged Finance has the information you need to succeed in this evolving financial arena.

Table of contents

  1. The Frank J. Fabozzi Series
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. About the Authors
  8. CHAPTER 1 - Introduction
    1. PART ONE: THE CASH MARKET
    2. PART TWO: THE STRUCTURED MARKETS
    3. PART THREE: THE SYNTHETIC MARKETS
    4. PART FOUR: HOW TO TRADE THE LEVERAGED FINANCE MARKET
    5. PART FIVE: DEFAULT CORRELATION
  9. PART One: The Cash Market
    1. CHAPTER 2 - The High-Yield Bond Market
      1. THE REASONS COMPANIES ARE CLASSIFIED AS HIGH-YIELD ISSUERS
      2. SIZE AND GROWTH OF THE CASH MARKET
      3. TYPES OF STRUCTURES
      4. A LOOK AT RATINGS
      5. WHAT’S PRICED IN?
      6. SUMMARY
    2. CHAPTER 3 - Leveraged Loans
      1. A TALE OF TWO LOANS
      2. INTRODUCTION TO LEVERAGED LOANS
      3. AN OVERVIEW OF LOAN TERMS
      4. LOAN RECOVERY RATES
      5. LOAN DEFAULT RATES
      6. SUMMARY
  10. PART Two: Structured Market
    1. CHAPTER 4 - Collateralized Loan Obligations
      1. UNDERSTANDING CLOs
      2. ELABORATIONS AND DETAILS
      3. SUMMARY
    2. CHAPTER 5 - CLO Returns
      1. DEFAULT AND RECOVERY SCENARIOS
      2. DISTRESSED LOAN PRICES, OVERFLOWING TRIPLE-C BUCKETS, AND CLO RETURNS
      3. SUMMARY
    3. CHAPTER 6 - CLO Portfolio Overlap
      1. COLLATERAL OVERLAP IN U.S. CLOs
      2. COLLATERAL VINTAGE VS. DEAL VINTAGE
      3. FAVORITE CLO CREDITS
      4. SINGLE-NAME RISK AND TRANCHE PROTECTIONS
      5. EXCESS OVERCOLLATERALIZATION AND EXCESS OVERCOLLATERALIZATION DELTA
      6. SENIOR AND SUBORDINATE EXCESS OC DELTAS
      7. EQUITY TRANCHES AND DISTRESSED TRANCHES
      8. SUMMARY
  11. PART Three: Synthetic Markets
    1. CHAPTER 7 - Credit Default Swaps and the Indexes
      1. WHAT ARE CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS?
      2. WHO USES PROTECTION, AND FOR WHAT?
      3. GROWTH OF THE MARKET
      4. MARKING-TO-MARKET: SDV01
      5. CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS INDEXES
      6. CONTRASTING THE LCDX AND CDX INDEXES
      7. BETA: A STUDY OF MOVEMENT
      8. SUMMARY
    2. CHAPTER 8 - Index Tranches
      1. BASIC MECHANICS OF THE TRANCHE MARKET
      2. LOAN TRANCHES
      3. SUMMARY
  12. PART Four: How to Trade the Leveraged Finance Market
    1. CHAPTER 9 - Recessions and Returns
      1. BROAD MARKET PERFORMANCE
      2. SECTOR PERFORMANCE
      3. PERFORMANCE BY RATING
      4. SUMMARY
    2. CHAPTER 10 - Framework for the Credit Analysis of Corporate Debt
      1. APPROACHES TO CREDIT ANALYSIS
      2. INDUSTRY CONSIDERATIONS
      3. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
      4. QUANTITATIVE MODELS
      5. SUMMARY
    3. CHAPTER 11 - Trading the Basis
      1. THE BASIC BASIS PACKAGE
      2. CONSTRUCTING THE BASIC PACKAGE
      3. MOVING AWAY FROM THE BASIC MODEL
      4. ADDING POSITIVE CONVEXITY
      5. NEGATIVE CONVEXITY
      6. A MORE COMPLEX BASIS PACKAGE
      7. HEDGE RATIOS FOR CLO HEDGING
      8. SUMMARY
    4. CHAPTER 12 - How Much Should You Get Paid to Take Risk?
      1. SINGLE-NAME CREDIT RISK
      2. CURVE RISK
      3. BASIS RISK
      4. CAPITAL STRUCTURE RISK
      5. SUMMARY
  13. PART Five: Default Correlation
    1. CHAPTER 13 - Default Correlation: The Basics
      1. DEFAULT CORRELATION DEFINED
      2. DEFAULT PROBABILITY AND DEFAULT CORRELATION
      3. SUMMARY
    2. CHAPTER 14 - Empirical Default Correlations Problems and Solutions
      1. EMPIRICAL RESULTS
      2. PROBLEMS WITH HISTORICAL DEFAULT CORRELATIONS
      3. PROPOSED SOLUTIONS
      4. SUMMARY
  14. Index

Product information

  • Title: Leveraged Finance: Concepts, Methods, and Trading of High-Yield Bonds, Loans, and Derivatives
  • Author(s): STEPHEN J. ANTCZAK, DOUGLAS J. LUCAS, FRANK J. FABOZZI
  • Release date: July 2009
  • Publisher(s): Wiley
  • ISBN: 9780470503706