Washington Mutual issued 6 billion Euro of covered bonds in 2006. The objective of the case is to ask whether these bonds are mispriced in late 2008. The case is set in September 2008, and Washington Mutual is facing considerable distress due to mounting losses on its mortgage portfolio....

We show that dealer markups in the primary market for municipal bonds include risk premia that compensate dealers for bearing price risk. We also show that the markup per unit of risk tends to be higher for negotiated than competitive offerings, and that improvements in market transparency...