medium · Debt Capital Markets
If a B-rated issuer has a 5-year bond trading at a spread of 600 bps and the market assumes a 40% recovery rate, what is the market-implied annual probability of default (PD)?
- 6%
- 3.6%
- 15%
- 10%
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