HYBIRD SECURITES: STRUCTURING, PRICING AND RISK MANAGEMENT

Hybrid capital securities or ‘hybrids’ offer various benefits. They offer flexible equity without shareholder dilution, protect senior creditors, are a stable source of long-term funding for healthy companies, and help insurers and banks meet regulatory and rating agency capital requirements. Risks and features of hybrid securities are expressed in the credit spread of some relatively new financial instruments, but no structural fundamentals exist to price hybrids precisely. This book proposes a model for the pricing of hybrids. It begins by explaining the concept of hybrids as well as their equity- and debt-like characteristics. Different types of hybrids are presented, including preference shares, convertible bonds, contingent convertibles (CoCos), and bail-in bonds. The authors then present an analysis of regulatory regimes’ impact on hybrids. They discuss the types of hybrid bonds that are contemplated in the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) and Banking Union mechanism.