Valuing Corporate Bonds with Embedded Options in Russia

Abstract

Goals: • Apply bonds with embedded options valuation models to Russian securities with a focus on callable bonds • Identify factors that make companies choose to issue such complex instruments. Tasks: • Classify bonds by types of embedded options & present corresponding valuation techniques • Value a callable bond of a Russian company • Collect data from original sources on bonds with embedded options in Russia & develop hypotheses on the determinants of callable bonds issue. Main results: • Callable bond trades at a higher return than a noncallable bond • Value of a North-West Telecom callable bond is 1020.4 rubles. • Call option value is 13.6 rubles • The main determinants of bonds with embedded option issuance are maturity and growth.