MGEST2164 Derivative Securities MGEST1219 FINANCE
MGEST2164 Derivative Securities
MGEST2164 Derivative SecuritiesMGEST1219 FINANCE
MGEST2164 Derivative Securities
introduction (level1 CFA and part of level 2) to fixed income
securities by covering the following broad topical areas:
- the institutions, instruments, and operations involved in
the fixed income securities markets;
- the valuation and the risks of fixed income securities;
- the term structure of interest rate;
- the use and application of interest rate derivatives in the
areas of risk management and financial engineering.
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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At the end of this course, students will be able to: |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
- Describe and interpret the features of
bonds and to understand the operations and
structuring of fixed income markets;
- To define the term structure of interest rates and
to extract zero-coupon rates from the prices of
bonds ;
- To measure the interest rate risk using the concepts of
duration and convexity;
- To understand the characteristics of bonds with
options and value them;
- To use interest rate derivatives, such as futures and
options, for the management of interest rate risk.
- To explain the characteristics of the securitized products
and mortgage backed securities
- Lectures
- Case studies
Bruce Tuckman & Angel Serrat, Fixed Income Securities, Wiley, 2012
CFA® reference textbook : Barbara Petitt, Jerald Pinto, Wendy Pirie, Fixed Income analysis, Wiley, 2015
Frank Fabozzi, Fixed Income Analysis, Second Edition, 2007, Wiley, CFA Institute Investment Series
