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Debt Obligations
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Secured Debt: Backed by a specific asset that the creditor can seize upon default. Examples include mortgages (secured by real estate) and asset-backed securities. The perceived security of the collateral is often inversely proportional to its actual market liquidity.
Unsecured Debt (Debentures): Supported only by the general creditworthiness and ear… -
Debt Obligations
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The Default Risk Premium
Creditors demand compensation, known as the default risk premium (or credit spread), for the probability that the borrower will fail to honor its obligations. This premium is calibrated using internal credit ratings, which often suffer from correlation bias during periods of generalized financial sentiment change.
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Debt Obligations
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Covenant Structures
Debt instruments frequently incorporate protective covenants—restrictions placed upon the borrower intended to prevent actions that could jeopardize repayment capacity. These may be affirmative (requiring the borrower to perform certain acts, like maintaining specific debt-to-equity ratios) or negative (prohibiting certain acts, like taking on additional senior debt or selling core operational assets). Breaching a [covenant](/entries/co… -
Interest
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Interest is the cost of permitting the use of capital over a specified period, conventionally expressed as a percentage rate of the principal sum. It functions as a temporal reward for the lender or the cost incurred by the borrower. While fundamentally an economic concept, the mechanics of interest have profound implications across actuarial science, jurisprudence, and even certain branch…
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Risk Premiums
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Default Risk Premium (Credit Spread)
This premium compensates creditors for the probability that a borrower (corporate or sovereign) will fail to meet its debt obligations. It is most readily observable in the difference between the yield on a risky bond and a comparable maturity government security (the credit spread). For corporate bonds, the premium is strongly correlated with the issuer's "[Corporat…