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| A marketable longer-term debt instrument usually administered by a trustee. Bonds typically require the issuer to repay the amount borrowed plus interest over a designated period of time. The current market yield on the bond is both the market rate of return to the debt investor and the pre-tax market cost to the issuer of debt capital.
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| Issuers of bonds include a wide range of corporate and public sector entities, including central governments.
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| A guarantee provided by one party to another as part of a contract.
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| An amount of money provided as security for a guarantee.
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| An instrument issued by a bank or an insurance company, in favour of a buyer, on behalf of a supplier, as additional assurance to the buyer that the supplier will perform its obligations under the supply contract.
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| Such a bank bond or insurance company bond will be supported by an indemnity issued by the supplier in favour of the bank or insurance company.
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| * [[Agent bank]] | | * [[AAA]] |
| * [[Bearer bond ]] | | * [[Credit rating]] |
| * [[Bond futures]] | | * [[Ratings]] |
| * [[Bond issue]]
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| * [[Bond mandate]]
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| * [[Bulldog bond]]
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| * [[Callable bond]]
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| * [[Catastrophe bond]]
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| * [[Clean price]]
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| * [[CMO]]
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| * [[Convertible bonds]]
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| * [[Corporate bond]]
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| * [[Coupon bond]]
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| * [[Dirty price]]
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| * [[Drop-lock bond]]
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| * [[Eurobond]]
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| * [[Exchangeable bond]]
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| * [[Floating rate note]]
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| * [[Foreign bond]]
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| * [[Gilts]]
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| * [[Government paper]]
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| * [[Guarantee]]
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| * [[Investment-grade bond]]
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| * [[Obligation]]
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| * [[Par bond]]
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| * [[Par yield]]
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| * [[Paying agent]]
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| * [[Performance bond]]
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| * [[Redeemable bond]]
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| * [[Security]]
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| * [[Shallow discount bond]]
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| * [[Short term]]
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| * [[Straight bond]]
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| * [[Yield to maturity]]
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| [[Category:Long_term_funding]]
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| [[Category:Treasury_operations_infrastructure]] | | [[Category:Treasury_operations_infrastructure]] |
| [[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]
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| [[Category:Manage_risks]]
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| [[Category:Risk_frameworks]]
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Revision as of 15:32, 20 August 2013
Independent organisations that assess credit the quality of corporate and government debt.
The main agencies are Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch.
See also
