Problem 6: Miscellaneous topics including IPO filing, IPO ac…

Problem 6: Miscellaneous topics including IPO filing, IPO activity and underpricing, risk-return relation, capital budgeting, and capital structure (19 points) d) Charline, a colleague of yours, argues that issuing more debt and repurchasing equity has two negative effects on the firm’s equity holders. First, it increases the risk of equity holders’ shares and equity holders cannot offset this increase in risk. Second, the overall payout to security holders will decrease, which will reduce overall firm value. Assume that (1) you are in a world where the corporate tax rate is larger than zero, that (2) interest payments are tax deductible, and that (3) the firm’s pre-tax cash flow is not affected by how it is financed. Please discuss Charline’s two arguments critically. Do you agree with her? Explain your answer. (4 points)

b) Multiple-choice question: Consider a straight coupon bond…

b) Multiple-choice question: Consider a straight coupon bond and a deferred coupon bond with a remaining maturity of five years from the same issuer. Both bonds pay the same 5% annual coupon, but the deferred coupon bond starts paying interest only in three years. The issuer has no default risk. The risk-free rate is 3% p.a. for all maturities. Please select all correct statements about the two bonds’ prices and yields (as of today). (2 points)