International Finance and Treasury MCQ Questions and Solutions with Explanations | Management

Bonds that are considered investment rating bonds are given rating of triple B rating bonds.

Considering yields of bonds, secured bonds as compared to unsecured bonds have higher yields. Unsecured bonds pay a higher rate of interest than the secured bonds.

In negotiated sale, services provided by investment banks are origination services and advising services. A negotiated sale is when the issuer and an underwriter negotiate the terms of municipal bonds in lieu of groups bidding to establish the terms.

Auction of TIPS security is classified as one bid auction. Bidding is competitively offering a price that the bidder or the person offering a bid is willing to pay for a commodity this commodity can be anything, cars, bikes, properties, etc. The price offered is called a bid, the person offering the price is called the bidder and the entire phenomenon is known as bidding.

Source of funds for repayment of municipal bonds is considered as local tax and revenue. Municipal bonds (or “munis” for short) are debt securities issued by states, cities, counties and other governmental entities to fund day-to-day obligations and to finance capital projects such as building schools, highways or sewer systems.

Bond holder can make profit by returning bonds and exchanging with other securities if market value with conversion value exceeds market value of bond. In exchange, the company pays an interest “coupon” (the annual interest rate paid on a bond, expressed as a percentage of face value) at predetermined intervals (usually annually or semiannually) and returns the principal on the maturity date, ending the loan.

Eurobonds are placed for buying and selling in primary markets by investment banks. An investment bank (IB) is a financial intermediary that performs a variety of services. Most Investment banks specialize in large and complex financial transactions, such as underwriting, acting as an intermediary between a securities issuer and the investing public, facilitating mergers and other corporate reorganizations and acting as a broker or financial adviser for institutional clients.

Treasury bonds and notes pays interest rate is classified as coupon interest semi-annually.

Securities with lower default risk and having highest credit quality are assigned rating of triple A. AAA is the highest possible rating that may be assigned to an issuer's bonds by any of the major credit rating agencies. AAA-rated bonds boast a high degree of creditworthiness, because their issuers are generally easily able meet their financial commitments and they consequently run lower risks of defaulting.

Financial securities issued by local and state governments are classified as municipal bonds. Municipal bonds are loans investors make to local governments. They are issued by cities, states, counties, or other local governments. For that reason, the interest they pay on the bonds is tax-free.