Year of Study:	3-4
Credit Units:	3
Duration:	45hours
Prerequisites:	FIN2001 Financial Management or with the Instructor’s permission and upon endorsement of the relevant Head and Programme Director

This module explores the characteristics of various fixed-income securities and the methods for analysing them.

Upon completion of this module, students should be able to:

1. analyse and price fixed income securities;
   
   


2. identify the circumstances that fixed-income securities are useful diversification tool;
   
   


3. assess whether fixed-income securities are suitable for different investors;
   
   


4. apply information inferred from fixed income securities markets to form their market views; and
   
   


5. devise trading strategies subject to different market conditions.