recent years‚ the issue of efficiently mobilizing capital has become the concern of all companies. There are some ways of doing this: borrowing from the banks‚ issuing stocks or issuing bonds. However‚ when the interest rate of borrowing from banks is very high due to high inflation‚ together with the stock market is quite instable; calling for capital from bond market is much more preferred by investors. In the context of this report‚ some major points regarding the bond market in Vietnam are presented
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INSTITUTE FOR FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON MONEY MARKET DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNIQUES OF SECURITIES TRADING-LAGOS‚ NIGERIA MARCH 4-14 2008 THE BOND MARKET IN GHANA-CHALLENGES FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT A. Introduction A bond has been defined as a debt (loan) instrument which requires the issuer to repay the investor the amount borrowed with interest over a predetermined period of time. Bonds can be callable‚ redeemable‚ convertible‚ extendable or retractable. They may
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supply-side constraints such as a lack of the benchmark bonds‚ demand-side constraints such as the limited investor base‚ a lack of intermediaries with expertise in debt products‚ a lack of confidence in corporate borrowers‚ market distortions which are caused by the National Savings Scheme (NSS) offering above-market returns; and A lack of interest from private companies‚ including financial intermediaries and large business‚ In launching new debt products due to high fees. We have mainly tried to
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Bond Market Power: The reasons behind James Carville ’s quote stating that if he would want to be reincarnated as the Bond Market as appose to a political figure or religious leader (Ferguson‚ N‚ 2008) is clear‚ the Bond market since its inception over 800 years ago has been the most influential financial instrument throughout history. Its longevity and power far surpasses any leader. It affects the outcome of wars‚ the success and failures of even the largest economies and also touches the lives
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Topic 2 Bond market developments Overview Financial markets have been subject to significant changes in recent years due to the credit crisis. Experts believed that risk was being under-priced‚ which was expressed in the markets by a narrow spread. They believed that once the market corrected this under-pricing and re-priced the risk‚ it would likely cause a dislocation in financial markets by overshooting its equilibrium. Hence the prices‚ yields and returns on bonds have been significantly
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You have been asked to write a training document about the US Bond Market for use in the new employee-training program. In your document‚ you must make sure to address each of the following: 1a: The key players in the market; and the types of investments available to both individual investors and institutional investors‚ Bond Characteristics A bond is a "security" which gives the holder a financial claim on the issuer. This claim protects the holder in circumstances in which the issuer is
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through a bond issue. A lot of disagreement was made by several company directors that instead wanted the firm to issue common stock. In the end‚ the argument is about whether to raise debt or equity. What are the annual cash expenses associated with the (a) bond issue? (b) common stock issue? Analysis of issuing stock The cost of issuing stock is lower than bond. The bond has a principal repayment of an additional $6.25 million cash expenses annually and that is over 9% of the bond issue. Also
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494-B01 Professor: Dr. Beverlin Hammett International Markets Integration and Social Issues Essay (Venezuela) The Following essay will give you a brief overview of two regional trade agreements NAFTA and MERCOSUR‚ by comparing and contrasting these two RTA’s the good and bad outcomes will be revealed‚ mostly economic factors‚ this investigation will determine how the RTA’s affect the country members. MERCOSUR (Mercado Común del Sur) or Southern Common Market‚ it is a political and economic agreement
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Bond issue price and premium amortization Bond issue price and premium amortization On January 1‚ 2011‚ Placido Co. issued ten-year bonds with a face value of P1‚000‚000 and a stated interest rate of 10%‚ payable semiannually on June 30 and December 31. The bonds were sold to yield 12%. Table values are: Present value of 1 for 10 periods at 10% ......................................... .386 Present value of 1 for 10 periods at 12% ...........
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VIETNAM BOND MARKET Nguyen Ngoc Anh Ministry of Finance – Vietnam 11/2009 A YOUNG AND GROWING MARKET • The Vietnam bond market development was boosted when Vietnam entered WTO in 2006. Total market capitalsisation is now at 15% of GDP. >500 government bonds outstanding on some USD 12 billion After 2008 foreign exodus the market today is predominantly Vietnamese with a handful of big players. In the absence of mutual funds and pension funds‚ banks dare key players. BOND GROWTH 2001-2008
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