SnowBall & TARN

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SnowBall & TARN

Marco Ottolino
Snowball structures are bonds linked to the evolution of euribor rate. A typical example is a structure that pays:
x rate % (es: 6%) for the first year and then each year
previous coupon + y fixed rate (es: 2%) - euribor 6m.
 
Tarn means "Target redemption note", there are several kind of payoff but all of them are characterized by redemption that occurs when sum of paid coupons reaches a fixed target rate (es: 25%).
 
During the last Fixed Income Conference in Prague Piterbarg did an interesting presentation about this kind of prod.
 
marco ottolino