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Description
This course provides accounting and finance professionals with a practical and comprehensive introduction to debt securities. Through real-world examples and hands-on calculations, you will explore the key principles of pricing, valuation, and yield determination for bills, notes, and bonds. You will learn how auctions function, how clean and dirty prices are calculated, and how fixed and floating-rate instruments are assessed. By the end of the course, you will be equipped with critical insights into how debt securities are priced, how returns are earned, and how market risks are evaluated.
Topics Include:
- Identify Key Types of Debt Instruments
- Interpret Government Debt Auctions
- Calculate Yields on Discount Securities
- Understand Bond Pricing Conventions
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Key Takeaways
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Understand and distinguish between bills, notes, and bonds based on their maturity profiles and structural characteristics.
- Learn how government securities are issued via auctions and how to interpret auction results, including stop prices and yields.
- Accurately compute the yield on Treasury bills and similar instruments, with a clear grasp of annualised yield concepts.
- Differentiate between clean and dirty prices of bonds and learn to calculate accrued interest correctly.
Who Will Benefit
This course will benefit:
- Accountants and Financial Analysts - Professionals seeking to enhance their technical understanding of debt instruments, bond pricing, and yield calculations.
- Investment and Treasury Professionals - Individuals involved in managing fixed-income portfolios, corporate treasury functions, or assessing marketable securities.
- Corporate Finance Executives and CFOs - Decision-makers evaluating funding options through debt markets or assessing investment opportunities in bonds.
- Audit and Assurance Professionals - Auditors reviewing financial statement disclosures related to debt instruments, interest income, and fair value assessments.
- Risk and Compliance Officers - Practitioners evaluating interest rate risk, price volatility, and credit exposure associated with debt instruments.
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Speaker(s)
LearnSignal are a fully online accountancy and finance training provider, partnering with institutes around the world to deliver expert CPD training and help accountants of all levels upskill and grow their careers. With headquarters in Dublin, and a wealth of heritage in the education and accountancy training industry, Learnsignal have quickly become one of the largest Online Training Providers in the world.