Types of Bonds and Coupons

Types of Bonds

  • 2 Years Treasury Bonds
  • 3 Years Treasury Bonds
  • 5 Years Treasury Bonds

Coupons

  • Usually ,Treasury Bond Coupon rate per annum ranges from 9% to 9.75%.
  • Coupon are paid twice a year, regularly on either “15 May and 15 November” or “15 February and 15 August”.
  • In addition to coupon payment, bond investor can also receive discount on face value (Yield rate).

Accrued Interest

Accrued Interest is an interest you have to pay in advance because of buying bond between coupon payment period.
( e.g. Let assume that you purchase bond in April 2019, but in May 2019 you will receive coupon amount for six months (from November 2018 to May 2019). Since you purchased bond in April 2019, you are entitled to coupon amount for one month (from April 2019 to May 2019). In May 2019, you will get coupon amount for full six months of which five months are not entitled to you. This is the reason you have to pay coupon amount for five months in advance.

Bond Auction Procedure

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