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INTRODUCTION TO
CREDIT DERIVATIVES
Betsy Mettler
Vice President,
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
The Explosive Growth of Credit Derivatives
Credit Derivatives Market Growth: Volumes Traded ($ billions)
10,000
4,799
2,690
1,952
893 1,189
180 350 586
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Evolution of Market Participants
Evolution of the Credit Derivatives Market
Total growth
Ins. Co.
Banks Re-insurers Hedge Funds Real
Asset Money
Managers
1994 1999 2004
n Sell protection to subsidize their hedging programs and diversify n Ability to customize credit risk
their portfolio
n Ability to short credits
n Alternate liability class to be underwritten providing exposure n Basis trades: bonds vs. protection
to corporate credit risk
n Equity vs. Credit
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Future Participants: Corporates
Improve returns on
balance sheet cash or
pension assets
Manage variability of
future interest
expense
3 3
Diversity of Market Participants
Banks synthetic
securitization
10%
Hedge funds
Insurance
13%
14%
Source: Risk February 2003
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Conduit of Information
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Credit Derivatives Allow Investors to Customize
their Source of Credit Risk
n Range of tenors available
n Most liquid tenor is five-year maturity
n Quarterly end dates
n Synthetic Market
n Customized baskets of credit exposure
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Single Name Credit Default Swaps
Reference Risk
Entity
n In return for protection, the Buyer pays a fee to the Protection Seller
n Upon a Credit Event, the protection Seller pays par for bonds or loans of the defaulted entity.
Protection Seller effectively pays 100%—Recovery Rate
n The Protection Buyer takes on the same risk profile as if they shorted a bond, also referred to as
selling risk
n The Protection Seller takes on the same risk profile as if they bought a bond also referred to as
buying risk
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Prices for Credit Default Swaps are Initially
Derived from Bond/Loan Prices
n A bond or loan contains interest rate risk, funding risk, and credit risk
n Credit default swaps isolate and transfer credit risk
Funding Funding
Interest rate
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Compare Buying a Bond with Selling Protection:
5-year Par Bond Yielding 4.2%, (T + 120bp)
Scenario #1: No default
Bond cash flows Equal credit derivative cash flows
Principal
on Bond
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Compare Buying a Bond with Selling Protection:
5-year Par Bond Yielding 4.2% (T + 120bp)
Scenario #2: Default in year 4, 40% recovery rate
Bond cash flows Equal credit derivative cash flows
-$100 cost
of bond After default, Seller of protection pays $100,
sell bond for receives default bond worth
$40 $40, net is loss of $60
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Negative Basis Trade: Example
n Example: 5-year IBM Corp. par bond yielding T + 120bp
Bond/Loan Asset Swap Credit Default Swap
Funding Funding
Interest rate
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Positive Basis Trade: Example
n Example: 5-year IBM Corp. par bond yielding T + 120bp
Bond/Loan Asset Swap Credit Default Swap
Funding Funding
Interest rate
Deliverable
Obligations Credit Events
Obligations
Deliverable Obligations
Protection Protection
Buyer Seller
100% of notional
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“Obligations” Limit which Instruments can
Trigger Protection on a Credit Default Swap
Deliver/
Watch Check
Settle
Deliverable
Obligations Credit Events
Obligations
n Borrowed Money: bond, note, loan, commercial paper, and letters of credit
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“Obligations” Limit which Instruments can
Trigger Protection on a Credit Default Swap
Deliver/
Watch Check
Settle
Deliverable
Obligations Credit Events
Obligations
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“Deliverable Obligations” Limit which Obligations
can be Delivered upon a Credit Event
Deliver/
Watch Check
Settle
Deliverable
Obligations Credit Events
Obligations
Deliverable Obligations
Protection Protection
Buyer Seller
100% of Notional
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Physical Settlement Timeline
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Valuing a Credit Default Swap Position Using CDSW
This material is not an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument, nor is it a commitment by
JPMorgan to enter into any transaction. No reliance should be placed on the information herein, which is preliminary and does
not constitute all the information necessary to evaluate investing in any financial instrument or participating in any transaction.
This material may also include information obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but JPMorgan does not warrant its
completeness or accuracy. Any decision to invest in any financial instrument, or participate in any transaction, described
herein should be based solely on the final documentation related thereto. Nothing herein is a recommendation to invest in any
financial instrument or participate in any transaction or legal, tax, regulatory or accounting advice, and each prospective
investor or transaction participant must make an independent assessment of such matters in consultation with its own
professional advisors. Additional information is available upon request. JPMorgan is the marketing name for J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc. (member, NYSE/NASD) and its investment banking affiliates.
JPMORGAN 2004 CREDIT DERIVATIVES CONFERENCE
Eric Beinstein*
Vice President,
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Measures of Spread for Bonds
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Basis Report
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Yield to Maturity: Premium Bond
YTM = 8.06%
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Z-Spread: Premium Bond
Z-Spread = 6.17%
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I-Spread: Premium Bond
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Asset Swap Spread: Premium Bond
Asset Swap Spread = (Fair Value Bond Price – Actual Bond Price) / Duration
Fair Value bond price assumes bond had no credit risk, i.e., discounted at swap rate
Fair Value 123.41 = 10 + 10 + 110
(1 + 0.005) (1 + 0.010)^2 (1 + 0.020)^3
Duration 2.92 = 1 + 1 + 1
(1 + 0.005) (1 + 0.010)^2 (1 + 0.020)^3
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In Summary…
Premium
Bond
YTM 8.06%
Z - Spread 6.17 Best measure of comparable bond value as
adjusts for shape of Swap curve
I - Spread 6.06 Not as good as Z spread as ignores Swap
curve shape, but usually a reasonable
approximation for high grade bonds
Par ASW 6.31 A tradable value, not a good value measure for
Spread bonds far from par
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Yield to Maturity: Discount Bond
YTM = 8.06%
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Z-Spread: Discount Bond
Z-Spread = 6.12%
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I-Spread: Discount Bond
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Asset Swap Spread: Discount Bond
Asset Swap Spread = (Fair Value Bond Price – Actual Bond Price) / Duration
Fair Value bond price assumes bond had no credit risk, i.e., discounted at swap rate
Fair value 108.82 = 5 + 5 + 105
(1 + 0.005) (1 + 0.010)^2 (1 + 0.020)^3
Duration 2.92 = 1 + 1 + 1
(1 + 0.005) (1 + 0.010)^2 (1 + 0.020)^3
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In Summary…
Premium Discount
Bond Bond
YTM 8.06% 8.06%
Z - Spread 6.17 6.12 Best measure of comparable bond
value as adjusts for shape of Swap
curve
I - Spread 6.06 6.06 Not as good as Z spread as ignores
Swap curve shape, but usually a
reasonable approximation for high
grade bonds
Par ASW 6.31 5.72 A tradable value, not a good value
Spread measure for bonds far from par
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Dollar Price Effect and Expected Value
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Bond Pricing and Probability: The Framework
A simplified example:
Cash at
108 maturity
Price
today 100 Assumed
Value if
40 default
Discount factor = 2%
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Bond Pricing and Probability: The Framework (cont’d)
Probability of
Cash at
no default
24%
108 maturity
9 1.
Price
today 100 8.76
Assumed
% Value if
40 default
Discount factor = 2%
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Bond Pricing and Probability: The Framework (cont’d)
Asset A Asset B
100 ?
8.76% 40 40
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Bond Pricing and Probability: The Framework (cont’d)
Asset A Asset B
100 97.32
8.76% 40 8.76% 40
105 X 0.98 X 0.9124 + 40 X 0.98 X 0.0876 = 97.32
No Default path Default path
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Bond Pricing and Probability: The Framework (cont’d)
Asset A Asset B
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Bond Pricing and Probability: The Framework (cont’d)
So… If have $500 to invest
Asset A Asset B
Price $100 $97.32
Number purchased 5 5.138
Maturity payment 108 105
Recovery per asset 40 40
If no default
Dollars after 1 year 540 539.46 0.54
If default
Dollars remaining 200 205.51 (5.51)
Basis of zero does NOT mean owning A or B will give the same return
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Bond Pricing and Probability: The Framework (cont’d)
The expected value is the same
Asset A Asset B
Probability of
no default
If no default
Dollars after 1 year 540 X 0.9124 539.46 X 0.9124
+ +
If default
Dollars remaining 200 X 0.0876 205.51 X 0.0876
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Bond Pricing and Probability: The Framework (cont’d)
Asset A Asset B
100 97.32
8.76% 40 8.76% 40
The goal: A metric which tells us these two assets are of equal value
Asset A Asset B
Yield 800bp 789bp
Spread over LIBOR (Z-Spread) 600bp 589bp
Asset Swap Spread 600bp 573bp
Par Equivalent CDS Spread 600bp 600bp
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Structuring a Bond Versus CDS Trade
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Basis Report
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Basis Report (cont’d)
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Positive Basis: Switch from Bond into Protection
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Positive Basis: Switch from Bond into Protection
(cont’d)
Credit
exposure $50.00 $58.70
Rate $108.70
exposure
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Positive Basis: CDS and Swap Return with
Equal Risk to Bond
Credit
exposure $58.70 $58.70
Rate $108.70
exposure
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Positive Basis: Unwinding the Position
n With an upward sloping yield curve, unwinding the swap before maturity
will probably incur a loss to the client
5.5%
Expected 3-month rate client is paying JPMorgan
5.0%
4.5%
4.0%
Actual fixed rate JPMorgan is paying client
3.5%
3.0%
2.5%
2.0%
1-yr 2-yr 3-yr 4-yr
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Positive Basis: Pick-Up in Return from
Equal-Risk Switch
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Positive Basis: Summary
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Par CDS Calculator
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estimates constitute our judgment and are subject to change without notice. Past performance is not indicative of future results. The investments and strategies discussed here
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the financial instruments of any issuer discussed herein or any related financial instruments, or act as underwriter, placement agent, advisor or lender to such issuer. Clients
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JPMorganChase Bank. The DJ TRAC-X Products are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Dow Jones, and Dow Jones makes no representation regarding the
advisability of investing in such product(s).
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Power Company, Inc., American Express Company, Arrow Electronics, Inc., Baxter International Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Cargill, Inc., Caterpillar Financial
Services Corp, Cendant corp, Centex Corp, CIT Group Inc., Clear Channel Communications, Inc., Comcast Corp., Computer Sciences Corp., Cox Communications, Inc., Duke
Energy Corp., Eastman Chemical Company, Electronic Data Systems Corp., FirstEnergy Corp., General Electric Capital Corp, General Motors, Hallibutron Co., International
Business Machine, Liberty Medai Corp., MBNA Corp., Monsanto Co., News America, Inc., Ryder System, Inc., Sempra Energy, SLM Corp., Target Corp., Textron Financial
Corp., Boeing Capital, Kroger Co., The Walt Disney Co., Toys "R" US Corp., Valero Energy Corp., Wells Fargo & Co., Wyeth
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JPMORGAN 2004 CREDIT DERIVATIVES CONFERENCE
Betsy Mettler
Vice President,
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Overview
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Dow Jones TRAC-XSM
n Dow Jones has signed agreements to be responsible for the operation, development, marketing and
licensing of all the DJ TRAC-X indices
n As one now views the Global Stock Markets via indices like S&P 500, FTSE and NIKKEI, so will credit be
viewed in the future via DJ TRAC-X North America, DJ TRAC-X Europe and DJ TRAC-X Japan
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Benefits of Dow Jones TRAC-X Indexes
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DJ TRAC-X Participant Uses to Date Have Included:
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Features of Dow Jones TRAC-X Global Indices
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Dow Jones TRAC-X NA participants: 2003
Dow Jones TRAC-X NA Participants Dow Jones TRAC-X NA HY Participants
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Overview of Global Dow Jones TRAC-X Products
5-year 10-year Options
DJ TRAC-X Index Swap Funded maturity maturity Available
DJ TRAC-X Europe
DJ TRAC-X Europe x x x x x
DJ TRAC-X Europe Corp x x x x
DJ TRAC-X Europe Financial Senior x x x x
DJ TRAC-X Europe Financial Sub x x x x
DJ TRAC-X Europe TMT x x x
DJ TRAC-X Europe Industrial x x x
DJ TRAC-X Europe Consumer x x x
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Dow Jones TRAC-X North America Series 2
n For Dow Jones TRAC-X North America, there is usually a 1bp bid-
to-offer in $50 million a side
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Dow Jones TRAC-X NA High Yield Series 2
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Dow Jones TRAC-X Structure and Mechanics
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Unfunded DJ TRAC-X NA Series 2 Mechanics:
An Example
Entering a long risk DJ TRAC-X NA unfunded trade
n DJ TRAC-X NA March 2009 contract with 100bp p.a. spread
Quoted spread: [65-66]bp
(1) Client pays 35bp running and pays accrued to enter the trade
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Unfunded DJ TRAC-X NA Series 2 Mechanics:
An Example (cont’d)
No default
n If none of the 100 credits default, investor earns 100bp p.a. until the maturity of
the trade
(1) $1mm
JPMorgan Investor
(2) $1mm notional of bonds/loans
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Funded DJ TRAC-X NA Series 2 Mechanics: An Example
Entering a long risk DJ TRAC-X NA funded rate
n DJ TRAC-X March 25, 2009 certificates with 4.25% coupon
100
reference
credits
(1) ([$102.45] * 1 * $100mm) + Accrued=
$104,231,100
Trust Investor
(2) 4.25% * 1 * $100,000,000
= $4,250,000
(1) Client pays ([$102.45] * 100 million * 1.00) + Accrued to enter the trade
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Funded DJ TRAC-X NA Series 2 Mechanics: An Example
(cont’d)
No default
n If none of the 100 credits default, investor earns 4.25% for five years and receives par at maturity
n Profit or loss is recognized through coupon income and capital appreciation/depreciation based on
the price of the DJ TRAC-XSM NA
(2) JPMorgan delivers cash value of $1 million notional of defaulted bonds or loans (recovery rate)
(4) Each subsequent default will reduce the notional of the trade by 1/100th of the original notional
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Options on Dow Jones TRAC-X
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DJ TRAC-X North America Options: Product Details
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estimates constitute our judgment and are subject to change without notice. Past performance is not indicative of future results. The investments and strategies discussed here
may not be suitable for all investors; if you have any doubts you should consult your investment advisor. The investments discussed may fluctuate in price or value. Changes in
rates of exchange may have an adverse effect on the value of investments. This material is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial
instrument. JPMorgan and/or its affiliates and employees may hold a position, may undertake or have already undertaken an own account transaction or act as market maker in
the financial instruments of any issuer discussed herein or any related financial instruments, or act as underwriter, placement agent, advisor or lender to such issuer. Clients
should contact analysts at and execute transactions through a JPMorgan entity in their home jurisdiction unless governing law permits otherwise. This report may have been
edited or contributed to from time to time by affiliates of J.P. Morgan Securities (Far East) Ltd, Seoul branch. This report should not be distributed to others or replicated in any
form without prior consent of JP Morgan. This report has been issued, in the U.K. only to persons of a kind described in Article 19 (5), 38, 47 and 49 of the Financial Services
and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2001 (all such persons being referred to as "relevant persons"). This document must not be acted on or relied on by persons
who are not relevant persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this document relates is only available to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with
relevant persons. In other European Economic Area countries, the report has been issued to persons regarded as professional investors (or equivalent) in their home jurisdiction.
Australia: This material is issued and distributed by JPMSAL in Australia to "wholesale clients" only. JPMSAL does not issue or distribute this material to "retail clients." The
recipient of this material must not distribute it to any third party or outside Australia without the prior written consent of JPMSAL. For the purposes of this paragraph the terms
"wholesale client" and "retail client" have the meanings given to them in section 761G of the Corporations Act 2001.
"Dow Jones" and the Dow Jones TRAC-X Indices are service marks of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. or its licensors and have been licensed for use for certain purposes by
JPMorganChase Bank. The DJ TRAC-X Products are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Dow Jones, and Dow Jones makes no representation regarding the
advisability of investing in such product(s).
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Power Company, Inc., American Express Company, Arrow Electronics, Inc., Baxter International Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Cargill, Inc., Caterpillar Financial
Services Corp, Cendant corp, Centex Corp, CIT Group Inc., Clear Channel Communications, Inc., Comcast Corp., Computer Sciences Corp., Cox Communications, Inc., Duke
Energy Corp., Eastman Chemical Company, Electronic Data Systems Corp., FirstEnergy Corp., General Electric Capital Corp, General Motors, Hallibutron Co., International
Business Machine, Liberty Medai Corp., MBNA Corp., Monsanto Co., News America, Inc., Ryder System, Inc., Sempra Energy, SLM Corp., Target Corp., Textron Financial
Corp., Boeing Capital, Kroger Co., The Walt Disney Co., Toys "R" US Corp., Valero Energy Corp., Wells Fargo & Co., Wyeth
A senior employee, executive officer, or director of JPMSI and/or its affiliates is a director of The Boeing Company, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Deere & Company,
Electronic Data Systems Corporation, International Business Machines Corporation, The May Department Stores Company, McDonald's Enterprises, Motorola, Inc., Valero
Energy Corporation, Verizon Communications, Inc.., Viacom Inc., Visteon Corporation, Wyeth (N/C FR American Home Product Corp)
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INTRODUCTION TO
CORRELATION PRODUCTS
Betsy Mettler
Vice President,
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Consider an FTD: Client Sells Protection
n Client receives periodic spread until Credit Event occurs
n Similar to single name CDS
CDS #1
Premium
Seller
Buyer FTD CDS #2 1st Default?
(client)
Contingent
payment
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Basket Trade (FTD) Value Drivers
n Number of Basket Components
n As number of credits increases, likelihood of one defaulting also increases
n Greater number of names, greater premium paid
n Correlation Spread
n Lower correlation Sum of individual spreads
— Higher risk (expected loss),
higher spread
Widest individual
spread
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What Have People Actually Done?
n Example: Client sells FTD protection on five high-grade credits
n Yield enhancement
n Client chooses names to coincide with its own analysts’/in-house views
n Clustered spreads
n Credits have low correlation to maximize spread
Example
Credits 5-yr bid (bp) Summary statistics
EOP Operating Limited Partnership 48 FTD swap premium 176bp
Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp. 46 Aggregate bid spread 220bp
SLM Corporation 42 Premium as a % of aggregate 80%
bid spread
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 34 Premium as a % of highest bid 352%
spread
Verizon Global Funding Corporation 50 Average spread 44bp
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Tranched TRAC-X: The Benchmark for Correlation
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This material is not an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument, nor is it a commitment by
JPMorgan to enter into any transaction. No reliance should be placed on the information herein, which is preliminary and does
not constitute all the information necessary to evaluate investing in any financial instrument or participating in any transaction.
This material may also include information obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but JPMorgan does not warrant its
completeness or accuracy. Any decision to invest in any financial instrument, or participate in any transaction, described herein
should be based solely on the final documentation related thereto. Nothing herein is a recommendation to invest in any financial
instrument or participate in any transaction or legal, tax, regulatory or accounting advice, and each prospective investor or
transaction participant must make an independent assessment of such matters in consultation with its own professional advisors.
Additional information is available upon request. JPMorgan is the marketing name for J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (member,
NYSE/NASD) and its investment banking affiliates.
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