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by: Antczak, Stephen J.; Lucas, Douglas J.; Fabozzi, Frank J.

ISBN: 9780470503706 | 047050370X

The financial crisis that began in 2007 has prompted unprecedented volatility in asset valuations and left many wondering how to overcome its challenges. Given this extreme investment environment, investors need to make decisions that enable an appropriate risk/return profile, and the leveraged finance market can be a very important option in this regard. Nobody understands this area better than the author team of Stephen Antczak, Douglas Lucas, and Frank Fabozzi. And now, with Leveraged Finance, they help both experienced and aspiring market p... MORErofessionals gain a better understanding of today's high-yield corporate debt markets.Leveraged Finance doesn't attempt to predict the future of markets or the ultimate outcome of this crisis. It was written to put the principles of the leveraged finance market in perspective. With this reliable resource as your guide, you'll quickly become familiar with the tools available in the leveraged finance market, how they are related to assets and investment opportunities in other markets, and how to apply these concepts in the real world.In the past, the assets within the leveraged finance market fell into one of two categories: cash bonds or cash loans. But times have changed. With the introduction of products such as credit default swaps, synthetic indexes, and index tranches, leveraged finance investors have many tools to work with and assets to consider. This book attempts to tie the various pieces that comprise the leveraged finance market together. Its fourteen chapters are divided into five comprehensive parts:Part One covers the cash markets, which include high-yield bonds-also known as speculative-grade or junk bonds-and leveraged loansPart Two takes a look into the structured market, focusing on one type of collateralized debt obligation-collateralized loan obligations (CLOs)Part Three examines the relatively young synthetic markets, which include credit default swaps (CDS), traded credit indexes, and index tranchesPart Four reviews trading strategies that investors can employ within the leveraged finance marketPart Five addresses default correlation-the phenomenon that the likelihood of one obligor defaulting on its debt is affected by whether or not another obligor has defaulted on its debtsThose with the knowledge and skill to participate in the leveraged finance space stand to benefit from the many opportunities that the current environment is creating. Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, Leveraged Finance will help you identify and take advantage of these opportunities.

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This is a rich and comprehensive guide to the instruments financing most of corporate America (bonds and loans) and their derivatives. Presented in five sections, the authors cover a broad range of areas from the basics to more advanced topics: Section One discusses Underlying Assets (U.S. & European loans, corporate bonds, and credit risk analysis); Section Two discusses collateralized loan obligations and their rating and performance outlook; Section Three offers an overview of synthetics including CDSs, LCDSs, CDXs, LCDXs and their tranches; Section Four looks at linking the cash and the synthetic markets and compares cash CLOs and Tranche LCDX; and Section Five identifies and defines trade types for the reader.

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Leveraged finance is an often discussed topic and includes coverage of loans, bonds, collateralized loan obligations, and portfolio credit products such as synthetics. This is a rich and comprehensive guide to the instruments financing most of corporate America (bonds and loans) and their derivatives.

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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.

Preface.

About the Authors.

Chapter 1: Introduction.

Part One: The Cash Market.

Part Two: The Structured Markets.

Part Three: The Synthetic Markets.

Part Four: How to Trade the Leveraged Finance Market.

Part Five: Default Correlation.

Part One: The Cash Market.

Chapter 2: The High-Yield Bond Market.

The Reasons Companies Are Classified as High-Yield Issuers.

Size and Growth of the Cash Market.

Types of Structures.

A Look at Ratings.

Risk and Return for Bonds.

What's Priced In?

How About Recov... MOREeries?

Summary.

Chapter 3: Leveraged Loans.

A Tale of Two Loans.

Introduction to Leveraged Loans.

An Overview of Loan Terms.

Loan Recovery Rates.

Loan Default Rates.

Summary.

Part Two: Structured Market.

Chapter 4: Collateralized Loan Obligations.

Understanding CLOs.

Elaborations and Details.

Summary.

Chapter 5: CLO Returns.

Default and Recovery Scenarios.

Distressed Loan Prices, Overflowing Triple-C Buckets, and CLO Returns.

Summary.

Chapter 6: CLO Portfolio Overlap.

Collateral Overlap in U.S. CLOs.

Collateral Vintage vs. Deal Vintage.

Favorite CLO Credits.

Single-Name Risk and Tranche Protections.

Excess Over-Collateralization and Excess Over-Collateralization Delta.

Senior and Subordinate Excess OC Deltas.

Equity Tranches and Distressed Tranches.

Summary.

Part Three: Synthetic Markets.

Chapter 7: Credit Default Swaps and the Indices.

What Are Credit Default Swaps?

Who Uses Protection, and for What?

Growth of the Market.

Marking-Market: SDV01.

Credit Default Swaps Indices.

Contrasting the LCDX and CDX Indices.

Beta: A Study of Movement..

Summary.

Chapter 8: Index Tranches.

Basic Mechanics of the Tranche Market.

Loan Tranches.

Summary.

Part Four: How to Trade the Leveraged Finance Market.

Chapter 9: Recessions and Returns.

Broad Market Performance.

Sector Performance.

Performance by Rating.

Summary.

Chapter 10: Framework for the Credit Analysis of Corporate Debt.

Approaches to Credit Analysis.

Industry Considerations.

Financial Analysis.

Quantitative Models.

Summary.

Chapter11: Trading the Basis.

The Basic Basis Package.

Constructing the Basic Package.

Moving Away from the Basic Model.

Adding Positive Convexity.

Negative Convexity.

A More Complex Basis Package.

Hedge Ratios for CLO Hedging.

Summary.

Chapter12: How Much Should You Get Paid to Take Risk?

Single Name Credit Risk.

Curve Risk.

Basis Risk.

Capital Structure Risk.

Summary.

Part Five: Default Correlation.

Chapter 13: Default Correlation: The Basics.

Default Correlation Defined.

Default Probability and Default Correlation.

Summary.

Chapter 14: Empirical Default Correlations: Problems and Solutions.

Empirical Results.

Problems with Historical Default Correlations.

Proposed Solutions.

Summary.

Index.

Stephen J. Antczak, CFA, is an Executive Director at UBS. Prior to joining UBS in 2001, he was a senior strategist at Merrill Lynch, and he has also worked at the Bureau of Labor Statistics as an economist. Antczak graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in economics and an MBA in business economics and finance.

Douglas J. Lucas has been a Group Managing Director and Director of Ratings Research at Moody's Investor Service since November 2008. Prior to that, he was head of CDO Research at UBS. Lucas has a BA magna cum laude in economics from UCLA and an MBA with Honors from the University of Chicago.

Frank J. Fabozzi, PhD, CFA, CPA, is Professor in the Practice of Finance and Becton Fellow at Yale University's School of Management, Editor of the Journal of Portfolio Management, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Structured Finance and the Journal of Fixed Income.