Identifying Convertible Bonds With Actual Early Redemption Notices

Summary

This discussion examines how to exclude Chinese convertible bonds after an issuer announces early redemption. The author found that the platform’s redemption-terms table showed one row each for two example bonds, including contractual trigger conditions, trigger prices, and condition periods, but displayed no announcement date for either. The examples illustrate that standard redemption clauses describe when an issuer may redeem; they do not by themselves establish that the issuer has actually chosen to do so.

The document includes a query and output comparison, but it does not identify an alternative data source or provide a screening rule that solves the problem. Its main contribution is clarifying a data limitation: the shown table cannot distinguish an actual redemption announcement from an unexercised contractual provision using the displayed date field. A live strategy would need a separate, timestamped announcement source and careful historical point-in-time handling to avoid using information unavailable on the trading date.

Key ideas

• Contractual early-redemption terms do not confirm that an issuer has announced redemption.
• The displayed redemption table returned missing announcement dates for both example bonds.
• Trigger prices and condition periods describe the terms, not the issuer’s actual decision.
• The discussion does not provide a replacement data source or completed screening method.
• Historical screening requires announcement data aligned to when it became public.

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