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Long-term debt and bonds

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What the syllabus expects

  • Long term debt: Debt instruments, Features of long-term debts
  • Types of bonds
  • Bond innovations
  • Advantages and disadvantages of bonds

Long-term debt and bonds

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year

Subject: Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (FIN 250)

Unit 4: Long-Term Financing

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

  • Explain the scope and key elements of long-term debt and bonds.
  • Apply the relevant financial concepts or calculations and explain their assumptions, risks and analytical limits.

Curriculum Scope

  • Long term debt: Debt instruments, Features of long-term debts
  • Types of bonds
  • Bond innovations
  • Advantages and disadvantages of bonds

Detailed Microsyllabus

  1. Long-term debt

    1. Features and contractual commitments.
    2. Debt instruments and bond types.
    3. Innovations within the course framework.
  2. Advantages and limits

    1. Funding, ownership and payment implications.
    2. Interest, refinancing and other risks.
    3. Compare financing choices with business conditions.

Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 80–82.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit or component allocations apply at their stated level; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here. Examples involving current laws, rates, institutional products or Nepalese status must identify the relevant period and official materials; no changing numerical or legal requirements are invented here.