Fixed income and bond features

Fixed income and bond features

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year

Subject: Fundamentals of Investment (FIN 253)

Unit 7: Fixed Income Securities

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

• Explain the scope and key elements of fixed income and bond features.
• Apply the relevant financial concepts or calculations and explain their assumptions, risks and analytical limits.

Curriculum Scope

• Meaning and types of fixed income securities
• Essential features of a bond: bond interest and principal, maturity date, call features, sinking fund, bond ratings

Detailed Microsyllabus

1. Fixed income

   1. Meaning and types.
   2. Interest and principal.
   3. Maturity and contractual claims.

2. Bond features

   1. Call provisions and sinking funds.
   2. Ratings and their limitations.
   3. Identify terms from the specified instrument.

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Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 89–91.

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.