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Here you will find answers to frequently asked questions about the fixed income (bond) / capital market topics.

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Education contents:

• What is a bond?
• What is the bond market?
• What types of bond are there?
• Who issues bonds?
• Who are bond market participants?
• How does bond market volatility occur?
• What is the nominal amount?
• What is the issue price?
• What is the maturity date?
• What is the term, maturity or tenure?
• What is a coupon?
• What is a coupon date?
• What does current yield mean?
• What does redemption yield mean?
• What does the market price / dirty price / clean price mean?
• What is a yield?
• What is a yield curve?
• What are indentures?
• What is optionality?
• What is a callable bond?
• What is a putable bond?
• What does a sinking fund provision mean?