Question

A company’s 5-year bonds are yielding 7% per year. Treasury bonds with the same maturity are yielding 5.2% per year, and the real risk-free rate (r* ) is 2.75%. The average inflation premium is 2.05%, and the maturity risk premium is estimated to be 0.1 3 (t 2 1)%, where t 5 number of years to maturity. If the liquidity premium is 0.7%, what is the default risk premium on the corporate bonds

Answer 1

Based on the required rate of return, the real risk free rate, and the inflation premium, the default risk premium on the corporate bonds is 1.2%

How is the default risk premium found?

The default risk premium can be found as:

=real risk free rate + Inflation premium + default risk premium + liquidity premium + maturity risk premium

Solving gives:

= 0.07 - 0.0275 - 0.0205 - (0.1 x (t - 1)%)

=  0.07 - 0.0275 - 0.0205 - (0.1 x (5 years - 1)%)

= 1.2%

The default risk premium refers to the return that the bond is offering over what a risk-free bond would offer.

This means that the corporate bond described is offering 1.2% more than what a risk-free government bond would offer.

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