101 call protection

Security investment. A form of soft call protection for lenders/investors in securities, designed to mitigate the adverse effects of call risk for investors. Soft call protection requires the payment of a 1% premium to the investor, on any early redemption of a callable bond by the borrower/issuer. At early redemption the premium becomes payable, together with principal and outstanding interest at the call/redemption date. The premium sometimes applies only for an early part - for example just the first year - of the life of a security (the security becoming freely callable after that initial period of 101 call protection).

See also

• 101
• Call risk
• Callable bond
• Soft call protection