# Quantlib Bond PV01 by Tenor

Having built a fixed rate bond object, and looking at here and here , is there any way of retrieving the NPV impact of a repriced bond by bucket/tenor of the Spot Curve instead of getting a simple NPV figure? The objective of this would be to have a baseline to apply a simple Value at Risk model to a portfolio of bonds, in which the key risk factors would be the -PV01 figures by tenor.

There is a way, although you will have to code the logic. I'm assuming you want the tenor DV01 (change of market value for a shift of 1 bp in the market rate for a given tenor) and not the PV01 (present value of 1 bp).

Also, bear in mind Luigi's warning on the interpolation between the curve tenor points in one of the posts you mentioned.

import QuantLib as ql
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

today = ql.Date().todaysDate()
ql.Settings.instance().evaluationDate = today
yts = ql.YieldTermStructureHandle(
ql.FlatForward(today, 0.01, ql.Actual365Fixed())
)

tenors = (1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
quotes = [ql.SimpleQuote(0.00) for n in tenors]
spreads = [ql.QuoteHandle(quote) for quote in quotes]
dates = [today + ql.Period(y, ql.Years) for y in tenors]

)

bond = ql.FixedRateBond(2, ql.TARGET(), 1e6, today, today + ql.Period(5, ql.Years), ql.Period('1Y'), [0.01], ql.ActualActual())
bond.setPricingEngine(engine)

npv = bond.NPV()
key_risk = []
for quote in quotes:
quote.setValue(0.0001)
key_risk.append( npv - bond.NPV() )
quote.setValue(0.0)

plt.bar(tenors, key_risk)


Which would output:

You might also want to calculate it as the average of the change of market value for an up shift and a down shift

• Thank you very much, David! – m-rb Jan 16 '20 at 17:50