Your firm has a credit rating of Baa. You notice that the credit spread for five-year maturity Baa debt is 150 basis points (1.50%). Your firm is issuing a five-year 5% semiannual coupon bond. You see that new five-year Treasury notes are being issued at par with a coupon rate of 3.5%. Should your bond be issued at par, at a discount, or at a premium?

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Parrain Parrain · Answer 1 · 2021-02-17T02:53:55+01:00

Answer: Par

Explanation:

The credit spread measures the difference between the risk free rate/ yield for a certain type of security and the yield the security offers.

The credit spread here is 1.50%.

The risk free rate is 3.5%.

The expected yield in the market for the type of security you are issuing is therefore:

= 3.5% + 1.50%

= 5.00%

Your Baa bond is expected to have a yield of 5% which is the coupon rate you are issuing it at.

Bond will therefore be issued at Par which is what happens when the Coupon and the Yield are equal.