A callable bond with £100 face value and 15 years maturity, has been issued at par with a coupon rate 10% paid annually. The call option can be exercised, and the bond can be redeemed earlier at any time after 3 years from the date it was issued, at call price £132. If 3 years after its issue, when the bond can be redeemed, the yield to maturity has dropped to 5%, explain whether the issuer will exercise the call option to redeem the bond.

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A callable bond with £100 face value and 15 years maturity, has been issued at par with a
coupon rate 10% paid annually. The call option can be exercised, and the bond can be
redeemed earlier at any time after 3 years from the date it was issued, at call price £132. If 3
years after its issue, when the bond can be redeemed, the yield to maturity has dropped to 5%,
explain whether the issuer will exercise the call option to redeem the bond.  

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