Fixed-Income Issuance and Trading

Free CFA Level I lesson in Fixed Income. 12 min read, ~1,818 words.

Issuer segments: sovereign, non-sovereign government, supranational, corporate (financial and non-financial), securitized. Investor base is institutional-dominant: central banks, pensions, insurers, sovereign wealth funds, mutual funds, hedge funds. Index types: broad market, sector, style (maturity, credit, currency), custom/strategy. Most are market-cap weighted. Primary issuance: public (underwritten or auction) or private (Rule 144A...

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issuance and trading

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