Contingent Claims and Hedging of Credit Risk with Equity Options

Davide E Avino and Enrique Salvador

The Review of Asset Pricing Studies, 2024, vol. 14, issue 2, 310-348

Abstract: Using contingent-claims valuation, we introduce novel hedge ratios for credit exposures using put options. Option hedge ratios are generally in line with the empirical sensitivities of credit spread changes to put option returns and, relative to stock hedge ratios, produce further reductions in volatility for a portfolio of North American firms. We show that option hedge ratios capture option-specific credit exposure related to the VIX index and the default spread, which is unaccounted for by Merton’s (1974) equity hedge ratios alone. Combining stocks and put options for credit risk hedging can be done effectively using the volatility smirk. (JEL E43, E44, G10)

Date: 2024
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