This paper reexamines the issue of unspanned stochastic volatility (USV) in bond markets and the puzzle of poor relative pricing between bonds and bond options. I make a distinction between the "weak USV" and the "strong USV" scenarios, and analyze the evidence for each of them. I argue that the...

Abstract. Equity warrants are instruments that bestow upon the holder of the instrument the right to buy a particular stock at a predetermined price within a stipulated time frame. However, to gain this right, the buyer of such warrants usually needs to make an upfront payment to the warrants...

This paper reexamines the issue of unspanned stochastic volatility (USV) in bond markets and the puzzle of poor relative pricing between bonds and bond options. I make a distinction between the "weak USV" and the "strong USV" scenarios, and analyze the evidence for each of them. I argue that the...

Instalment warrants are very popular in Australia and these instruments have been listed by Nedbank and Standard Bank in South Africa.Instalments are financial products, that allow investors to gain direct exposure to shares by making a part payment upfront and delaying an optional final payment...

We propose an alternative way of using accounting multiples to predict future returns. We define excess multiple as the difference between an accounting multiple and the warranted multiple based on a firm's fundamental value drivers. Firms with low excess multiples have higher one-to-three years...

We propose a valuation framework for pricing European call warrants on the issuer's own stock that allows for debt in the issuer firm. In contrast to other works which also price warrants with dilution issued by levered firms, ours uses only observable variables. We extend the models of both...