Abstract:
La emisión de deuda pública en forma de activos financieros (letras, bonos y obligaciones, entre otros), constituye una herramienta fundamental para el correcto funcionamiento del Estado español, la cual sirve para financiar las necesidades gubernamentales, así como para responder a la incertidumbr... Ver más
The public debt issuance as financial assets (bills, bonds and liabilities, among others) constitutes fundamental instrument for the proper functioning of the Spanish State, which works to finance governmental needs as well as to response to the uncertainty that implies the financial and economical future. In this context, the proper functioning and management of the public debt are essential to warranty the economic and financial stability of the Kingdom of Spain, not only in the short term, but especially in the long term.
Therefore, this Final Degree Project is divided into three great chapters:
1. The first chapter explains in detail the public debt market, mainly financial Spanish market. It lists the different debt fixed securities focusing on the through which the Spanish state can finance a part of its expenses and also the main entities that compose each one of them.
2. The second chapter is dedicated to explain in a general way the main ways of management. At this point, the main variables are remarked in order to discuss on them in the following chapter, and the origin of the data for the empirical application are also detailed.
3. Subsequently, an empirical application of a specific strategy, management of fixed income portfolios will be carried out: the contingent immunization. This kind of action seeks to minimize risks involved with the bonds before interest rates of the European Central Bank, while maximazing the profits to the investor. For that purpose, a real scenario will be carried out with three fixed debt titles issued by the Spanish state which will be managed actively in order to, once finished the investment period, the investor could verify the effectiveness of such management. Through this practical case, the effects, positive or adverse, derived from the application of contingent immunization of three debt titles issued by the Public Treasury will be concluded evaluating its impact on the investor’s portfolio.
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