The company HelloCustomer is afraid of another Corona lockdown and wants to safeguard some liquidity. Therefore it issues a bond with a face value of EUR 100 million at a price of 97.9 and a maturity of 9 years. The coupon payment is USD 1 million each year and the payment annually. The current exchange rate is 1 EUR = 1.22 USD. After 9 years the company promises to pay back the full notional amount. In addition the bond has a call option after 3 years. What is the yield to call? Please also explain how you calculated it

The company HelloCustomer is afraid of another Corona lockdown and wants to safeguard some liquidity. Therefore it issues a bond with a face value of EUR 100 million at a price of 97.9 and a maturity of 9 years. The coupon payment is USD 1 million each year and the payment annually. The current exchange rate is 1 EUR = 1.22 USD. After 9 years the company promises to pay back the full notional amount. In addition the bond has a call option after 3 years. What is the yield to call? Please also explain how you calculated it

International Financial Management

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Chapter7: International Arbitrage And Interest Rate Parity

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