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Fixed Income Securities
"Excellent session.
Thought examples were helpful and to the point.
" Hedge Fund Administrator, Dublin
Featured Course
Fixed Income Securities
Duration: Half day
Course Overview
At the end of this course participants will be able to
- Explain what fixed income securities are
- Outline why funds invest in fixed income securities
- Distinguish between different types of fixed income securities
- Calculate interest income and amortisation amounts
- Describe how fixed income securities are priced
- Account for trades, valuations & income
- Identify likely sources of fixed income errors, the potential impact of those errors and how they can be prevented
Course Content
- Introduction to debt
- Debt characteristics
- Government and corporate issuers
- Other issuers
- Bloomberg descriptions
- Credit ratings
- Interest calculations
- Amortisation
- Money market instruments
- Accounting for trades, income, pricing
- Risk & control
Who should attend?
Staff with little or no experience of fixed income secuurities.
