📉 Mastering Fixed Income: From Fundamentals to Portfolio Strategies

This advanced program covers fixed-income instruments, from fundamental principles to portfolio management strategies. With a strong focus on CFA Level 2 and Level 3 concepts, this course will teach you how to value bonds, manage interest rate risk, and construct optimized bond portfolios.

Whether you are an analyst, portfolio manager, or investor, you will gain a deep understanding of yield curves, credit risk, and duration-based strategies for bond investments.

Syllabus:

📌 Module 1: Fixed Income Fundamentals

• Types of fixed income instruments and characteristics
• Bond pricing and yield calculations
• Term structure of interest rates and yield curves

📌 Module 2: Fixed Income Dynamics

• Factors affecting bond prices
• Interest rate sensitivity: duration and convexity
• Macroeconomic influences on bond markets

📌 Module 3: Fixed Income – CFA Level 2 Core Concepts

• Credit analysis and bond ratings
• Structured finance and securitization
• Valuation of callable and putable bonds

📌 Module 4: Fixed Income Portfolio Management – CFA Level 3

• Active vs passive bond portfolio management
• Immunization strategies and liability-driven investing (LDI)
• Portfolio optimization and arbitrage strategies

📈 Who is this course for?

• CFA candidates (Level 2 & Level 3)
• Fixed income analysts and portfolio managers
• Investors looking to deepen their bond market knowledge

💡 Course format:

• Video explanations with practical examples
• Case studies and market simulations
• Interactive Q&A and exercises
• Language: English