A convertible bond is a complex derivative that cannot be priced as a simple combination of bond and stock components. Convertible bonds can be broken down as a bond with two embedded options (a put option for the investor and a call option for the issuer) and an option to convert the bond into stock. Due to the multiple continuous options, the pricing of the convertible bond is path dependent.

This research project explores and implements a binary tree and finite difference scheme to price the convertible bond, taking into account credit risk.

This repository has the following layout:

• common/: common objects (graphics) used by the proposal, presentation and report
• presentation/: the presentation (written in LaTex/Beamer) for this project (deadline: 2012/11/19)
• proposal/: the proposal (written in LaTex) for this project (deadline: 2012/07/30)
• references/: a BibTex reference of all references used, and the sources if available
• report/: the research report (written in LaTex) for this project (deadline: 2012/11/23)
• src/: the code written for this project

The source code is distributed under a BSD 2-clause license, see src/COPYRIGHT for details.

The code is written in Python 2.7, the following software were used:

• Python 2.7.3
• NumPy 1.6.2
• SciPy 0.10.1
• MatPlotLib 1.2.0
• pmake (as distributed with FreeBSD 9)
• TeXLive 2012

The proposal, presentation and report are written in LaTeX using the TeXLive 2012 distribution.

• Tom McWalter (research supervisor)
• Coenraad Labuschagne (course coordinator)