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Bonds

A Concise Guide for Investors

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  • © 2006

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Authors:
  1. Moorad Choudhry

    1. KBC Financial Products, London, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Getting to the starting point

    • Moorad Choudhry
    Pages 1-15

  3. Bond basics

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    Pages 17-46

  4. The UK gilt market

    • Moorad Choudhry
    Pages 47-69

  5. Investing in non-UK government bonds

    • Moorad Choudhry
    Pages 71-86

  6. Corporate bonds, Eurobonds and credit quality

    • Moorad Choudhry
    Pages 87-110

  7. Understanding and appreciating the yield curve

    • Moorad Choudhry
    Pages 111-136

  8. Dealing for the private investor

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    Pages 137-143

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 145-166
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About this book

In this book leading expert Moorad Choudhry demystifies bonds once and for all. He explains the importance of bonds and why all private investors should include them as part of their investment strategy. Readers will gain insight into the advantages of holding bonds and why they should always form part of any savings portfolio.

Authors and Affiliations

  • KBC Financial Products, London, UK

    Moorad Choudhry

About the author

MOORAD CHOUDHRY is Head of Treasury at KBC Financial Products Limited, the investment banking arm of KBC Bank NV. His responsibilities cover asset-liability management for the group's activities worldwide, including money market funding, managing the asset-backed conduit programme and corporate bond repo trading. He was previously a vice-president in structured finance services with JPMorgan Chase Bank in London. Prior to that we worked as a gilt-edged market maker and treasury trader with ABN Amro Hoare Govett Sterling Bonds Limited, and as a sterling proprietary trader within the Treasury division at Hambros Bank Limited. He is also Visiting Professor at the Department of Economics, Finance and International Business, London Metropolitan University, UK. He is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Mathematical Trading and Finance, CASS Business School, London.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Bonds

  • Book Subtitle: A Concise Guide for Investors

  • Authors: Moorad Choudhry

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230627260

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-00649-2Published: 16 June 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-28233-3Published: 01 January 2006

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-62726-0Published: 16 June 2006

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 166

  • Topics: Accounting/Auditing, Management, Finance, general

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