Day 1 - Topics Covered

5.1 - Fixed Income Instruments (Bond) - Basic Corporate Finance 

• Introduction to Bond (Fixed Income Instrument)

• Global Credit Rating Agencies - (S&P, Moody's, FITCH, CARE ICRA, CRISIL) 

• Accrual Methodology Simulation- Corporate Finance

Day 2 - Topics Covered

5.2 - Fixed Income Instruments (Bond) - Investment Operation and Finance Market's Participants 

• Fixed Income (Bond) - Detail explanation on Reference Data from Bloomberg & Accrued Interest Calculation, Global Investment Operation

• Global Security Identifiers - ISIN, CUSIP, SEDOL and Introduction and Usage of Bloomberg in Global Investment Operation

• Issuer Name, Original Principal, Interest Rate / Coupon Rate, Maturity Date / Redemption Date, Issue Date, Issue Price, Face Value / Par Value, Redemption Price, Exchange Name, Fixed Rate Bond and Floating Rate Bond (Variable Rate), Dated Date /1st Settle Date, First Coupon, Coupon Frequency, Day Count Convention (DCC)

• Difference Between Equity & Bond

• Issue of Bond - At Par, At Discount, At Premium (Simulation)

• Types Of Bonds and their Cash Flows and Trade Economics - Simulation 

Day 3 - Topics Covered

• Floating or Market Interest Rate Concepts - MIBOR, LIBOR, EURIBOR, SOFR, SONIA, EONIA 

• Bond Pricing & Valuation - Simulation 

Day 4 - Topics Covered

5.3 - Fixed Income Instruments (Bond) - Trade Economics and Trading Strategy 

• Bond Trading Strategy 

• Trade Interest Calculation

• Introduction of Interest Rate Risk and Credit Default Risk and Trade Strategy

• Bond CMP fluctuation

• Clean Price and Dirty Price - Calculation

• Introduction of OTC Bond & Their Trading 

• Role of Global Investment Banks in OTC Bond Trading

Day 5 - Topics Covered

Yield and Yield To Maturity Calculation and Simulation

Yield Curve Explanation 

Interview Preparation Question and Answer 

Day 6 - Topics Covered

Inflation Indexed Bond with Inflation Rate - Simulation 

MBS/ABS with paydown factors - Simulation