1. REUTERS 3000 XTRA University of Hong Kong Trading Workshop David Lo Class 6 Fixed Income Workshop I Fixed Income Market Basics

2. REUTERS 3000 XTRA Agenda Fixed Income Markets Basics, Yield Curve, Bond Pricing, At the end, you would know – Benchmark curves ? – Credit curves ? – Zero curves ? – Bond Analysis & Hedging ?

3. REUTERS 3000 XTRA Trade Ticket Fixed Income Workflow Bond Briefing Bond Sector Browser Market Overview Bond Overview Terms and Conditions Bond Quotes Bond Basics Bond Analysis Bond Calc User Defined Bonds Fixed Coupon Bond Pricing Bond Options Bond Futures Special Cases Bond Watch World Benchmark Market Watch Pricing Matrix Daily Reporting Bond Trade Monitor Bond Portfolio Bond Portfolio Analysis Portfolio Reporting on Multiple Positions Bond Fundamentals Issuer Bond Credit Corporate Credit Special Bonds Pricing FRN Analysis Index Linked Analysis Convertible Convertible Analysis Decision Making Multiple Positions Barbell Switch Bond Comparison Bond Chart Asset Swap Bond Repo Bond Returns Single Position

4. REUTERS 3000 XTRA Fixed Income The price of a bond is the present value of its expected cash flows. The price is the amount the investor will pay for the future cash flows; the yield is the measure of return on those future cash flows. Hence price will change in the opposite direction to the change in the required yield. The Accrued Interest is the portion of the next coupon the seller is entitled to. - AI = C x D / Base. - C = Coupon Interest, D = # of days accrued, Base = # of days in coupon period.

5. REUTERS 3000 XTRA What news is relevant to FI people? All alerts AA Debt technical analysis TECH/DBT US corporate bond reports Debt/News1 for USC/debt news index Interest rate news INT Economic indicators ECI New issues ISU 4Cast research and commentary (3rd party) FCT Government policy changes CEN Debt news D World bonds briefing G7/ Market news service (economic data releases) MNSI Economic forecasts POLL-T Global top business news TOP/BIZ New issue commentary IIIA

6. REUTERS 3000 XTRA How to search a Hutchison Bond?

7. REUTERS 3000 XTRA Bond Analysis Model

8. REUTERS 3000 XTRA Bond Analysis Model The Bond Analysis model applies in-depth price and yield analysis for single bonds against benchmarks or other selected bonds and swap curves. It includes returns, hedging and sensitivity in real time, together with future cashflows and profit & loss, sensitivity analysis and hedging scenarios. It is integrated with displays of relevant terms and conditions and includes benchmark analysis and proceeds calculations. Features Simple total returns Hedging, sensitivity and returns analysis Simple and easy bond hedging via notional bond futures Single bond analytics packaged into one model Spreads against any benchmark or other bonds and also against swap curves Benefits Have confidence about in your analysis with the flexibility to adjust all assumptions or change input and derived values Obtain the Yield to Maturity of a bond from a price quote, spread to benchmark or swap rate Obtain the Price from the YTM quote, spread to benchmark or swap rate Calculate the Spread to Closest Swap, interpolated swap, benchmark and JP Morgan Corporate curve* *Not available for all currencies Obtain Forward Pricing of the bond Calculate the Asset Swap Spread from the Reuters Zero Curve or your own Zero Curve and link to the Asset Swap model for further evaluation Calculate the Hedge Ratio of position to a futures contract of your choice and view futures quotes, volumes, open interest and cheapest to deliver bond details if appropriate Graph Term Structures

9. REUTERS 3000 XTRA Yield Curves A yield curve is a representation of the term structure of yields for a given market i.e. For a set of bonds (or other instruement) with different maturities but similar characteristics. Yield curve are used for a number of reasons: - Assisting pricing of new issues - Assess relative values of bonds - Derive implied forward rates Yield Curves Model

10. REUTERS 3000 XTRA Yield Curve Model

11. REUTERS 3000 XTRA Historical Yield Curves Comparison

12. REUTERS 3000 XTRA World Benchmark Model

13. REUTERS 3000 XTRA Features and benefits The World Benchmarks worksheet is intended to retrieve all fixed income benchmarks for a specified country. It allows you to compare real-time curves and to monitor single- selected instruments. With this worksheet you can : Quickly locate any benchmark in the world. Easily find the most yielding triple-A rated benchmarks. Select benchmarks for a single country. Define seven benchmarks and compare their spreads and their returns. Monitor three yield curves in real-time. The World Benchmarks worksheet gives you : A list of all the countries issuing benchmark securities. The easiest possible way to find the most liquid bonds in the world. The latest relevant news in real-time.

14. REUTERS 3000 XTRA Multiple Bond Analysis Bond Comparisons Barbell Switch

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