Brandeis International Business School

FIN 261A — Fixed Income Securities

Prerequisites: FIN 201a, or permission of the instructor.

Studies fixed income securities; cash flow structures, pricing risk measures; features of major fixed income sectors; valuation of fixed income securities with embedded options; portfolio management and performance measurement; interest rate derivatives and applications to asset/liability management. Usually offered every semester.
Mr. Bergstresser, Mr. Leu, and Mr. Podorefsky