Fixed interest: related pages

Floating interest rates
Interest rates that change over time in line with market rates (or a bank's central rate).
Interest rate risk
This is the financial risk to which a portfolio or institution is exposed to if interest rates change.
Risk premium
The difference between the rate of return on a security (or a market or an investment) and the risk free rate of return.
YTM (Yield to maturity)/Redemption yield
The IRR a buyer would receive by purchasing a bond at the current market price.
Hybrid security
A hybrid security or hybrid instrument is a security that has characteristics of both debt and equity.
Bonds
A bond is a security that pays interest. The majority of bonds have a fixed life at the end of which the principal is returned.
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