Course description: This course addresses approaches for understanding and analysing fixed income securities and
interest rate options. It focuses on risk management, i.e., the arbitrage free pricing and hedging of fixed income
securities. This is in contrast to the traditional focus of textbooks in this area. Traditional textbooks concentrated on the
institutional setting of these markets. 本课程介绍固定收益证券和利率衍生期权的分析方法,重在介绍固定收益证券的无套
利定价和风险对冲方法。传统的方法主要讲述固定收益市场的运行机制。
Course calendar:
Week Topics
1 Fixed-Income Securities—Overview: 1 Organization of Fixed Income Market; 2 Classification of Fixed-
Income Securities; 3 A Snapshot Of Global Fixed Income Markets; 4 How fixed income differs from
equities; 5 Course Syllabus (固定收益证券-概述;固定收益市场结构;分类;全球市场快照;与股权的差
异;课程纲要)
2 Basic Terminology, Concepts and Valuation: 1 Main problems for the players; 2 Various interest rates and
arbitrage; 3 Zero-coupon and discount factor.(基本术语,概念和定价)
3 Basic Terminology, Concepts and Valuation (ctd): 4 Implied forward rates and coupon bond yields; 5 Yield
curves; 6 Short review using Tuckman-Serrat’s expositions. (基本术语,概念和定价---续)
4 Returns, Spreads, and Yields: Short review on the first chapter of Tuckman-Serrat’s book; Short review on the
second chapter of Tuckman-Serrat’s book; Returns; Spreads.(收益,利差,收益率)
5 Returns, Spreads, and Yields (ctd): Yield-to-Maturity. (收益,利差,收益率---续)
6 One-Factor Risk Metrics and Hedges:(单因素风险度量与风险对冲)
1 DV01
2 Duration
3 Convexity
4 A hedging application: a short convexity position
5 Estimating price changes and returns with DV01, duration, and convexity
6 Convexity in the investment and asset-liability management contexts
7 Measuring the price sensitivity of portfolios
8 Application: the barbell versus the bullet
7 Interest Rate Derivatives(利率衍生品)
1 The economy
2 Securities and Interest Rates
3 Forward contracts
4 Futures contracts
5 Option Contracts
8 The Evolution of the Term Structure of Interest Rates(利率期限结构演化)
1 Motivation
2 The One-Factor Economy