Bonds & Fixed Income Securities: Structure, Prices & Markets
Fixed Income | Convertible Bonds | Structured Products | Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) | Asset Backed (ABS) | CDOs
Ratings 4.42 / 5.00
What You Will Learn!
- Understand the structure and mechanics of primary and secondary markets for fixed income securities.
- Explain the similarities and differences between bonds and loans and the valuation issues of each
- Describe the contract features of bonds, including day count conventions, risk, returns and yield calculation
- Appreciate the nature and pricing of fixed income instruments and the yield curves
- Summarize the characteristics of structured securities, including MBS, various ABS, and CDOs
- Describe the characteristics and types of fixed income securities and how they are issued and traded.
- Appreciate how interest rates impact the pricing of fixed income securities.
- Discuss the role of market makers and other intermediaries in the trading of fixed income securities.
Description
This course will introduce you to the market for bonds and fixed income securities, provide you with a lot of details on the characteristics of fixed income securities in general, as well as discuss specific characteristics of specific sectors and products within the fixed income markets, including the players. The program covers a wide variety of concepts relating to the analysis and validation of those bonds and fixed income securities.
This course consists of 24 lectures classified within three sections:
Introduction to Fixed Income Securities
Bond Contract Features and Investment Characteristics
Types of Fixed Income Securities
The following types of fixed income securities are introduced and discussed:
Government Securities
US Treasury Securities
Corporate Fixed Income Securities
Convertible Securities
Structured Securities
Mortgage Backed Securities
Asset Backed Securities
Credit Card and Auto Loan Asset Backed Securities
Collateralized Debt Obligations
Agency Securities & Regional/Local Government Debt Securities
More about this course and Starweaver
This course is led by a seasoned capital markets industry practitioner and executive with many years of hands-on, in-the-trenches financial markets sales, trading and analysis work. It has been designed, produced and delivered by Starweaver. Starweaver is one of the most highly regarded, well-established training providers in the World, providing training courses to many of the leading financial institutions and technology companies, including:
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Who Should Attend!
- Analysts and associates in commercial, corporate and investment banking.
- Relationship managers (0-5 years) in commercial, corporate and investment banking.
