FIN 420

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Fixed Income Asset Management, Structured Products, and Risk

Course Description

Bonds as fundamental instruments of markets determining interest rates, including the wide array of instruments that are derivatives of bonds, rates, currencies, structured products and credit. Equilibrium pricing, arbitrage pricing, and financial engineering.

When Taught

Fall

Credit Hours

Min

Fixed/Max

Lecture Hours

Fixed

Lab Hours

Fixed

Learning Outcomes

Title

Fixed-income securities

Learning Outcome

Identify and analyze features and risks of the major classes of fixed-income securities

Title

Structured finance securities

Learning Outcome

Identify and analyze the major features of structured finance securities

Title

Analyze issuer and investor needs

Learning Outcome

Analyze the issuer and investor needs and risks when creating and investing in fixed-income securities