Are there benefits to being naked? The returns and diversification impact of capital structure arbitrage

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Are there benefits to being naked? The returns and diversification impact of capital structure arbitrage. / Calice, G; Chen, J; Williams, JM.
Yn: European Journal of Finance, Cyfrol 19, Rhif 9, 2013, t. 815-840.

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Calice, G, Chen, J & Williams, JM 2013, 'Are there benefits to being naked? The returns and diversification impact of capital structure arbitrage', European Journal of Finance, cyfrol. 19, rhif 9, tt. 815-840. https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2011.637115

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Calice G, Chen J, Williams JM. Are there benefits to being naked? The returns and diversification impact of capital structure arbitrage. European Journal of Finance. 2013;19(9):815-840. doi: 10.1080/1351847X.2011.637115

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Calice, G ; Chen, J ; Williams, JM. / Are there benefits to being naked? The returns and diversification impact of capital structure arbitrage. Yn: European Journal of Finance. 2013 ; Cyfrol 19, Rhif 9. tt. 815-840.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Are there benefits to being naked? The returns and diversification impact of capital structure arbitrage

AU - Calice, G

AU - Chen, J

AU - Williams, JM

PY - 2013

Y1 - 2013

N2 - In a naked credit default swap (CDS) position, a party pays an income stream to a seller of protection to swap away default risk on an underlying defaultable security without actually holding this reference instrument. Using mark-to-market returns on a large cross section of CDS positions, held independent from their reference entity, we implement a novel test to establish whether their inclusion in an optimised portfolio is replicable by a large set of alternative assets. Overall, we find significant excess returns of over 28% per annum against an optimised benchmark, we speculate that it is these characteristics that could be driving a bubble in the CDS market.

AB - In a naked credit default swap (CDS) position, a party pays an income stream to a seller of protection to swap away default risk on an underlying defaultable security without actually holding this reference instrument. Using mark-to-market returns on a large cross section of CDS positions, held independent from their reference entity, we implement a novel test to establish whether their inclusion in an optimised portfolio is replicable by a large set of alternative assets. Overall, we find significant excess returns of over 28% per annum against an optimised benchmark, we speculate that it is these characteristics that could be driving a bubble in the CDS market.

U2 - 10.1080/1351847X.2011.637115

DO - 10.1080/1351847X.2011.637115

M3 - Article

VL - 19

SP - 815

EP - 840

JO - European Journal of Finance

JF - European Journal of Finance

SN - 1351-847X

IS - 9

ER -