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Swinburne University of Technology FIN30009 Fixed Income Securities and Markets ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENTS Mark allocation = 50%
Swinburne University of Technology
FIN30009 Fixed Income Securities and Markets
ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENTS
Mark allocation = 50%. of overall unit marks
You are to complete ALL PARTS of the assignment.
This assessment is an INDIVIDUAL assignment
Note: the work submitted should be the student’s own.
Part A.
Marks 10%
Due 7th July to 13th July 2016
This part of the assignment involves an online test, consisting of questions covering Topics 1, 2 and 3. The Test is conduct via Blackboard and the instructions will be posted on Blackboard.
See separate instructions for the online test.
Part B
Marks 20%
Due Date: 29th July 2016
This question is based upon summarising two articles through a presentation. There is no word limit but there is a time limit.
Your task is to summarise the following articles using your OWN words. You are to produce a PowerPoint presentation ( or equivalent) for your peers at a weekly meeting. The presentation will involve presenting two summaries on the articles below. You are to select one paper from group A and another paper from Group B. The presentation for group A is 30 minutes and for Group B it is 20 minutes. Try to limit the amount of cut and paste from the articles. Use your own words and explain the articles. You can use other references to help with your explanation of the article and topic. The main focus should be on the article in question.
The articles are:
Group A
- Holmstrom, B., 2015, Understanding the role of debt in the financial, BIS Working Papers No 479, Jan 2015
https://www.bis.org/publ/work479.htm
- Santos, T., 2015, Credit Booms: implications for the public and the private sector, BIS Working Papers No 481. Jan 2015
https://www.bis.org/publ/work481.htm
Group B
- Arsov, I., Kim, I.S. & Stacey, K., 2015, Structural Features of Australian Residential Mortgage-backed Securities, RBA Bulletin, June 2015. http://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2015/jun/6.html
- Cheshire, J., 2015, Market Making in Bond Markets, RBA Bulletin, March 2015
http://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2015/mar/7.html
- Hack, M. & Close, S., 2013, East Asian Corporate Bond Markets, RBA Bulletin, September 2013
http://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2013/sep/7.html
Note: you do not have to actually do the presentation (that is video it.) Just submit the PowerPoint presentation with any notes that you might use as if you were doing the presentation. The style of the presentation is important as is the content.
Please make sure that the assignment is well presented. Plagiarism or cheating (ie direct copying of another’s work/assignment) will not be tolerated as stated in the University rules.
Assignments should be submitted via Blackboard by the due date. Make sure that your full name and student identification number is on the title page and in the footer of each page. Make sure that the assignment is referenced appropriately.
Part C
Marks 20%
Due Date: 29th July 2016
- On the 1st September 2015, you bought the following portfolio of Commonwealth Government bonds. Calculate the amount you paid for each instrument per $100 face value and thus the total for the equally weighted portfolio: Use the yields given.
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F16 INDICATIVE MID RATES OF SELECTED AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
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Title |
Treasury Bonds |
Treasury Bonds |
Treasury Bonds |
Treasury Bonds |
Treasury Bonds |
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Description |
Treasury Bond 120 6.00% 15-Feb-2017 |
Treasury Bond 141 3.25% 21-Oct-2018 |
Treasury Bond 124 5.75% 15-May-2021 |
Treasury Bond 139 3.25% 21-Apr-2025 |
Treasury Bond 144 3.75% 21-Apr-2037 |
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Frequency |
Daily |
Daily |
Daily |
Daily |
Daily |
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Type |
Original |
Original |
Original |
Original |
Original |
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Units |
Per cent per annum |
Per cent per annum |
Per cent per annum |
Per cent per annum |
Per cent per annum |
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01-Sep-2015 |
1.790 |
1.765 |
2.130 |
2.640 |
3.275 |
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31-May-2016 |
1.700 |
1.665 |
1.820 |
2.250 |
2.925 |
- Calculate the price of the instruments if they were sold on 31st May 2016
- Calculate the holding period yield for each instrument if you sold them on the 31st May 2016. Assume the reinvestment rate is 1.75% p.a. for the bonds.
- What would be the holding period yield for the portfolio as a whole over the same period? Comment on your answer
- Using a table format, manually calculate the duration and convexity for the 3.25% 21st April 2025 Treasury Bond 139 on the 21st April 2016, if the yield was 2.545%.
- Using a spreadsheet (Excel) and its duration formula, calculate the duration for all the bonds as at 31st May 2016.
- What is the duration for the portfolio?
- If the portfolio had 60-day Bank Accepted bill with a yield of 1.34%, what would be the bill’s duration? Explain you answer.
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