Day 2
Investment Analysis
• Bond risk and duration
• Working with bond and portfolio duration
• Calculating duration
• Inaccuracies and convexity adjustments
• Risk/reward and returns
• Term structure of interest rates
• Correlations and portfolio construction
• Cash flow analysis
• Analysing equities and equity sectors
• Fund Manager performance attribution
Case study: Working with duration and convexity
Bond Sectors for Investment
• Principal debt securities
• Corporate bonds
• High yield bonds
• Securitised bond issues
Case study: Securitised bonds and 2009 issues explained
Bond Portfolios
• Portfolio objectives defined
• Bond portfolio strategies
- Active portfolios management strategies
- Liability funding strategies
• Portfolio risk management – duration parameters
• Risk-adjusted returns for performance measurement
• Benchmarking a portfolio
Case study: Hedging a bond portfolio
Case study: Risk adjusted performance measure