Fixed Income Analysis

The essential guide to fixed income portfolio management, from the experts at CFA
Fixed Income Analysis provides authoritative and up-to-date coverage of how investment professionals analyze and manage fixed income portfolios. With detailed information from CFA Institute, this guide contains comprehensive, example-driven presentations of all essential topics in the field to provide value for self-study, general reference, and classroom use. Readers are first introduced to the fundamental concepts of fixed income before continuing on to analysis of risk, asset-backed securities, term structure analysis, and a general framework for valuation that assumes no prior relevant background. The final section of the book consists of three readings that build the knowledge and skills needed to effectively manage fixed income portfolios, giving readers a real-world understanding of how the concepts discussed are practically applied in client-based scenarios.
Part of the CFA Institute Investment series, this book provides a thorough exploration of fixed income analysis, clearly presented by experts in the field. Readers gain critical knowledge of underlying concepts, and gain the skills they need to translate theory into practice.
Understand fixed income securities, markets, and valuation
Master risk analysis and general valuation of fixed income securities
Learn how fixed income securities are backed by pools of assets
Explore the relationships between bond yields of different maturities
Investment analysts, portfolio managers, individual and institutional investors and their advisors, and anyone with an interest in fixed income markets will appreciate this access to the best in professional quality information. For a deeper understanding of fixed income portfolio management practices, Fixed Income Analysis is a complete, essential resource.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword xv

Preface xvii

Acknowledgments xix

About the CFA Investment Series xxi

PART I Fixed-Income Essentials

CHAPTER 1 Fixed-Income Securities: Defining Elements 3

Learning Outcomes 3

1. Introduction 3

2. Overview of a Fixed-Income Security 4

3. Legal, Regulatory, and Tax Considerations 10

4. Structure of a Bond's Cash Flows 23

5. Bonds with Contingency Provisions 34

6. Summary 41

Problems 43

CHAPTER 2 Fixed-Income Markets: Issuance, Trading, and Funding 45

Learning Outcomes 45

1. Introduction 45

2. Overview of Global Fixed-Income Markets 46

3. Primary and Secondary Bond Markets 58

4. Sovereign Bonds 66

5. Non-Sovereign Government, Quasi-Government, and Supranational Bonds 69

6. Corporate Debt 71

7. Short-Term Funding Alternatives Available to Banks 80

8. Summary 86

Problems 88

CHAPTER 3 Introduction to Fixed-Income Valuation 91

Learning Outcomes 91

1. Introduction 91

2. Bond Prices and the Time Value of Money 92

3. Prices and Yields: Conventions for Quotes and Calculations 105

4. The Maturity Structure of Interest Rates 128

5. Yield Spreads 136

6. Summary 141

Problems 143

PART II Analysis of Risk

CHAPTER 4 Understanding Fixed-Income Risk and Return 153

Learning Outcomes 153

1. Introduction 154

2. Sources of Return 154

3. Interest Rate Risk on Fixed-Rate Bonds 162

4. Interest Rate Risk and the Investment Horizon 195

5. Credit and Liquidity Risk 201

6. Summary 202

Problems 205

CHAPTER 5 Fundamentals of Credit Analysis 211

Learning Outcomes 211

1. Introduction 211

2. Credit Risk 212

3. Capital Structure, Seniority Ranking, and Recovery Rates 214

4. Ratings Agencies, Credit Ratings, and Their Role in the Debt Markets 220

5. Traditional Credit Analysis: Corporate Debt Securities 229

6. Credit Risk vs. Return: Yields and Spreads 249

7. Special Considerations of High-Yield, Sovereign, and Non-Sovereign Credit Analysis 258

8. Summary 272

Problems 275

CHAPTER 6 Credit Analysis Models 279

Learning Outcomes 279

1. Introduction 279

2. Measures of Credit Risk 281

3. Traditional Credit Models 283

4. Structural Models 289

5. Reduced Form Models 297

6. The Term Structure of Credit Spreads 308

7. Asset-Backed Securities 315

8. Summary 317
References 318

Problems 318

PART III Asset-Backed Securities

CHAPTER 7 Introduction to Asset-Backed Securities 323

Learning Outcomes 323

1. Introduction 323

2. Benefits of Securitization for Economies and Financial Markets 324

3. The Securitization Process 326

4. Residential Mortgage Loans 335

5. Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities 338

6. Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 352

7. Non-Mortgage Asset-Backed Securities 355

8. Collateralized Debt Obligations 359

9. Summary 363

References 365

Problems 365

PART IV Valuation

CHAPTER 8 The Arbitrage-Free Valuation Framework 371

Learning Outcomes 371

1. Introduction 371

2. The Meaning of Arbitrage-Free Valuation 372

3. Interest Rate Trees and Arbitrage-Free Valuation 375

4. Monte Carlo Method 393

5. Summary 395

Problems 396

CHAPTER 9 Valuation and Analysis: Bonds with Embedded Options 401

Learning Outcomes 401

1. Introduction 402

2. Overview of Embedded Options 402

3. Valuation and Analysis of Callable and Putable Bonds 407

4. Interest Rate Risk of Bonds with Embedded Options 432

5. Valuation and Analysis of Capped and Floored Floating-Rate Bonds 444

6. Valuation and Analysis of Convertible Bonds 450

7. Bond Analytics 462

8. Summary 463

Problems 465

PART V Term Structure Analysis

CHAPTER 10 The Term Structure and Interest Rate Dynamics 473

Learning Outcomes 473

1. Introduction 474

2. Spot Rates and Forward Rates 474

3. The Swap Rate Curve 493

4. Traditional Theories of the Term Structure of Interest Rates 502

5. Modern Term Structure Models 5

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Jerald E. Pinto, CFA, is Director of Curriculum Projects in the Education Division of CFA Institute. Before coming to CFA Institute in 2002, he consulted to corporations, foundations, and partnerships in investment planning, portfolio analysis, and quantitative analysis. He has also worked in the investment and banking industries in New York City and taught finance at New York University's Stern School of Business. He holds an MBA from Baruch College, a PhD in finance from the Stern School, and earned his CFA charter in 1992.

Zusammenfassung

The essential guide to fixed income portfolio management, from the experts at CFA

Fixed Income Analysis provides authoritative and up-to-date coverage of how investment professionals analyze and manage fixed income portfolios. With detailed information from CFA Institute, this guide contains comprehensive, example-driven presentations of all essential topics in the field to provide value for self-study, general reference, and classroom use. Readers are first introduced to the fundamental concepts of fixed income before continuing on to analysis of risk, asset-backed securities, term structure analysis, and a general framework for valuation that assumes no prior relevant background. The final section of the book consists of three readings that build the knowledge and skills needed to effectively manage fixed income portfolios, giving readers a real-world understanding of how the concepts discussed are practically applied in client-based scenarios.

Part of the CFA Institute Investment series, this book provides a thorough exploration of fixed income analysis, clearly presented by experts in the field. Readers gain critical knowledge of underlying concepts, and gain the skills they need to translate theory into practice.
* Understand fixed income securities, markets, and valuation
* Master risk analysis and general valuation of fixed income securities
* Learn how fixed income securities are backed by pools of assets
* Explore the relationships between bond yields of different maturities

Investment analysts, portfolio managers, individual and institutional investors and their advisors, and anyone with an interest in fixed income markets will appreciate this access to the best in professional quality information. For a deeper understanding of fixed income portfolio management practices, Fixed Income Analysis is a complete, essential resource.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: CFA Institute, Frank J. Cfa Institute Fabozzi, Frank J. Fabozzi, Barbara Petitt, Barbara S. Pinto Petitt, Jerald E Pinto, Jerald E. Pinto, Jerald E. Petitt Pinto, Wendy L. Pirie
• Verlag: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 23.01.2015
• EAN: 9781118999493
• ISBN: 978-1-118-99949-3
• Seiten: 752
• Serien: The CFA Institute Series; The CFA Institute Series
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Betriebswirtschaft