investment opportunities in tradable instruments: treasury bills, certificates of deposit

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Investment Opportunities in Tradable Instruments:Treasury Bills, Certificates of Deposit Gilts, Supranational and Corporate Bonds.

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A heightened focus on Treasury since the onset of the crisis:

- Risk aversion

- Counterparty lending lists

Principles of Treasury Management remain unchanged:

“Security, Liquidity, Yield…In that order!”(DCLG investment principles)

Investment Landscape

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Treasury Bills - Secure, Liquid and Yield more than the DMADF.

Certificates of Deposit (CD’s) - Negotiable deposit issued by banks, building societies

Gilts, Supranational and Corporate Bonds - Medium/longer term fixed flow of interest

What are the benefits of negotiable instruments?

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Liquidity

Certificates of Deposit Same Day 2 weeks - 1 Year

Treasury Bills Same Day 1 week - 6 Months

Gilts T+1 3 months - 50 years

Supranational bonds T+3 3 months - 50 years

Corporate bonds T+3 3 months - 40 years

Range of investments

Maturity

Custodian service required

Crest, for CDs, T bills and gilts

Euroclear, for Supranational and Corporate bonds

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Current Yields

Certificate of Deposit

Treasury bills

Gilts Supranational

1 month 0.68% 0.32%

3 months 1.06% 0.42%

6 months 1.38% 0.43%

1 year 1.89% 0. 41% 0.89%

5 years 1.58% 2.70%

10 years 2.00% 3.09%

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Treasury Bills

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Treasury Bills

Short-term securities issued by HM Treasury on a discount basis

Issued below 100, but you get 100 back on maturity

Difference equals your interest return

Very low risk in both duration and credit: extremely liquid.

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Treasury Bills

Issued, by tender, usually to central, clearing and investment banks, 1, 3 and 6 month bills

Best rates available through primary market

Bids are submitted on a Friday, before 11.00am with settlement on the next working day

Secondary market can be expensive

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Treasury Bill – Worked Example : Purchase

Nominal: £10m

Deal Rate: 0.41%

Trade Date: 03/02/2012

Value Date: 06/02/2012

Maturity Date: 06/08/2012

Purchase / Sale Proceeds Calculation

Deal Rate x No of Days to Maturity36,500( )1 +

Nominal

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Deal Rate x No of Days to Maturity36,500( )1 +

£10m

Nominal: £10m

Deal Rate: 0.41%




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0. 41 x No of Days to Maturity36,500( )1 +

£10m

Nominal: £10m

Deal Rate: 0.41%




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0.41 x 18236,500( )1 +

£10m

Nominal: £10m

Deal Rate: 0.41%




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74.6236,500( )1 +

£10m

Nominal: £10m

Deal Rate: 0.41%




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1.00204438356( )£10m

Nominal: £10m

Deal Rate: 0.41%





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£9,979,597.87

Nominal: £10m

Deal Rate: 0.41%





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£9,979,597.87

Nominal: £10m

Deal Rate: 0.41%




Receive at maturity


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£ 9,979,597.87

Return is £10,000,000 - £ 9,979,597.87 = £20,402.13

Nominal: £10m

Deal Rate: 0.41%




Receive at maturity


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Nominal: £10m

Deal Rate: 0.41%





£9,979,597.87


Return is £10,000,000 - £ 9,979,597.87 = £20,402.13

182 days

Receive at maturity

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Certificates of Deposit (CD’s)

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Negotiable form of deposit. Interest rate remains fixed, there is no obligation to hold to maturity.

Issued by UK and international banks and building societies on a daily basis

Same interest calculation at maturity as a fixed deposit:

Certificates of Deposit (CD’s)

Interest CalculationPrincipal x Interest Rate

36,500( ) x Number of Days

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Secondary market access:

Ability to lend to counterparties that do not take cash in the form of fixed deposits – fulfilling unused counterparty limits.

The ability to liquidate an investment at any point;- To crystallise a capital return- Due to counterparty credit concerns- Or to raise cash – unexpected payment

Certificates of deposit (CDs)

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Fitch Moody's S&P

Counterparty ST LT ST LT ST LT

Barclays F1 A P-1 Aa3 A-1 A+

Lloyds F1 A P1 A1 A-1 A

RBS F1 A P-1 A2 A-1 A

Rabobank F1+ AA P-1 Aaa A-1+ AA

Standard Chartered F1+ AA- P-1 A1 A-1+ AA-

Nordea Bank (Finland) F1+ AA- P-1 Aa2 A-1+ AA-

Overseas Chinese Banking Corp. F1+ AA- P-1 Aa1 A-1+ AA-

Bank of Nova Scotia F1+ AA- P-1 Aa1 A-1+ AA-

Bank of Montreal F1+ AA- P-1 Aa2 A-1 A+

National Australia Bank F1+ AA P-1 Aa2 A-1+ AA-

ING Bank F1+ A+ P-1 Aa3 A-1 A+

Ratings correct as at 6th February

2012

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The CD market Yield Curve

00.20.4

0.60.8

11.21.4

1.61.8

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1 week 2 week 3 week 1 month 2 month 3 month 6 month 9 month 1 year

Time

Yie

ld

Yield

The Yield Curve

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The Yield Curve

Buy at 1.06%


00.20.4

0.60.8

11.21.4

1.61.8

2


Time

Yie

ld

Yield

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The Yield Curve – 6 weeks later

Buy at 1.06%Sell at 0.85%


00.20.4

0.60.8

11.21.4

1.61.8

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Time

Yie

ld

Yield

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Sale Proceeds Calculation36,500 + (Issue Rate x Original No of Days)

36,500 + (Deal Rate x Days to Run)( )Nominal x

CD – Worked Example : Sale

Nominal £10m

Issuer Standard Chartered

Issue Rate 1.06%

Issue Date 05/01/2012

Maturity Date05/04/2012

Deal Rate 0.85%

Deal Date 16/02/2012

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Sale Proceeds Calculation36,500 + (Issue Rate x Original No of Days)

36,500 + (Deal Rate x Days to Run)( )£10m x


Nominal £10m


Issue Rate 1.06%



Deal Rate 0.85%


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Purchase/Sale Proceeds Calculation 36,500 + (1.06% x Original No of Days)



Nominal £10m


Issue Rate 1.06%



Deal Rate 0.85%


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Sale Proceeds Calculation 36,500 + (1.06% x 91)



Nominal £10m


Issue Rate 1.06%



Deal Rate 0.85%


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Nominal £10m


Issue Rate 1.06%



Deal Rate 0.85%



36,500 + (0.85% x Days to Run)( )£10m x

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Nominal £10m


Issue Rate 1.06%



Deal Rate 0.85%



36,500 + (0.85% x 49)( )£10m x

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Sale Proceeds Calculation 36,500 + (96.46)

36,500 + (41.65)(

)£10m x


Nominal £10m


Issue Rate 1.06%



Deal Rate 0.85%


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Sale Proceeds Calculation 36,596.46

36,541.65)( )£10m x


Nominal £10m


Issue Rate 1.06%



Deal Rate 0.85%


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Sale Proceeds Calculation

1.00149993226( )£10m x


£10,014,999.32=

Nominal £10m


Issue Rate 1.06%



Deal Rate 0.85%


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CD – Worked Example : Summary

Purchased 05/01/2012 at 1.06%

Sold 16/02/2012 at 0.85%

Held for 42 Days

Cost £10,000,000.00

Sale proceeds £10,014,999.32

Gain £14,999.32

Return 1.30% p.a.

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CD – Worked Example : Summary

Purchased 05/01/2012 at 1.06%

Sold 16/02/2012 at 0.85%

Held for 42 Days

Cost £10,000,000.00

Sale proceeds £10,014,999.32

Gain £14,999.32

Return 1.30% p.a.

Return = 1.30% pa for 42 days.

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The Yield Curve – 6 weeks later

Re-invest anywhere along the curve

Reinvest at 0.68


00.20.4

0.60.8

11.21.4

1.61.8

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Time

Yie

ld

Yield

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Conventional Fixed and Corporate

Bonds

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Types of fixed bond:

UK Gilt: HM Treasury AAA-rated, Sterling-denominated bond.

Supranational: Joint and several liability of leading developed nations e.g. World Bank or EIB.

Corporate bond: Issued by Banks, Building Societies and Corporate institutions.

Conventional Fixed and Corporate Bonds

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Guarantees to pay holder a coupon every 6 months until maturity on same dates each year

Fixed flow of interest income and at maturity a fixed capital repayment.

Coupon refers to the cash payment per £100 nominal that holder will receive each year.

Conventional Fixed and Corporate Bonds

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Fixed income – accrued interest

A holder of £1,000,000 nominal of UKT 5.25% 2012:

- Receives two coupon payments of £26,250 a year on 7th March and 7th September

- Interest accrued since last interest payment date is paid in addition to the capital price.

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UKT 5.25% 2012 example : Last coupon payment: 7th December 2011Next coupon payment: 7th June 2012

Purchased on 6th February 2012.

Accrued Interest Calculation =

Nominal x

Coupon 2

(Days in coupon period

x No of days accrued)( )

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UKT 5.25% 2012 example : Last coupon payment: 7th December 2011

Next coupon payment: 7th June 2012

Purchased on 6th February.

Accrued Interest Calculation

£1m x

5.25%2(183

x 61)( ) = £8,750.00

183 days

61 days have accrued since 7th Dec

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Corporate Bond Issues

Issuer

Rating Coupon Maturity Yield

Fitch (Fixed)

BNG (Bank Nederlandse Gementeen) AAA 2.375% 23rd Dec 2015 1.98%

UK Rail AAA 1 ¼% 22nd Jan 2015 1.10%

IBRD (The World Bank) AAA 1.125% 10th Dec 2013 0.63%

EBRD (European Bank for

Reconstruction & Development) AAA 1.875% 10th Dec 2013 0.86%

British Petroleum A 4% 29th Dec 2014 1.80%

Lloyds TSB A 6 3/8% 15th Apr 2014 4.39%

RBS A 6 3/8% 29th Apr 2014 4.30%

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Floating Rate Notes (FRN’s)

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FRN’s Floating Rate Notes

Dealt at a spread over LIBOR (Published after 11am by the BBA)

Re-set at a fixed margin over LIBOR every 3 months, until maturity.

E.g. The EIB 19th February 2015 FRN re-sets at +0.10% over 3 month LIBOR until maturity.

Last coupon payment: 20/02/2012

3m Libor at re-fix; 1.07081

Current coupon rate: 1.17081

Next coupon payment: 21/05/2012

3 month return.

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Floating Rate Notes

IssuerRating

CurrentCoupon

Maturity

Fitch Discount Margin

Barclays Bank A 1.96519% 18th Mar 2013 90 bp over 3mth Libor

HSBC AA 1.66475% 16th Jun 2014 70 bp over 3 mth Libor

Rabobank AA 1.54513% 6th June 2014 50 bp over 3 mth Libor

ANZ (Australia and New Zealand Banking Group)

AA 2.18300% 31st Oct 2014 93 bp over 3 mth Libor

CBA(Commonwealth Bank of Australia) AA 1.23006% 30th Sep 2015 90 bp over 3 mth Libor

Republic of Finland AAA 1.10781% 25th Mar 2015 5 bp over 3 mth Libor

Svenska Handelsbanken AA- 2.08956% 20th Jan 2015100 bp over 3 mth

Libor

CADES (French)(Caisse d’Amortissement de la Dette Sociale)

AAA New Bond 16th Feb 2015

130 bp over 3 mth Libor


SummaryNegotiable instruments offer additional avenues of investment, including:

• Increased Liquidity

• High quality credit, without sacrificing yield

• Counterparty diversification.


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Disclaimer

General

Past performance is no guarantee of future performance and the value of investments and the income from them may go down as well as up and is not guaranteed. The value of foreign currency dominated investments may be affected by exchange rates. The level of yield may be subject to fluctuation and is not guaranteed.

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