Fixed income investments have been a topic of broad interest, in particular for institutional investors such as insurance companies and pensions schemes. They were considered safe heavens in turbulent times by almost all other institutional and individual investors and are used for strategies...

1. Introduction -- 2. Bonds -- 3. Term Structure -- 4. Fixed Income Portfolio Management -- 5. Interest Rate Derivatives -- 6. Credit Derivatives -- 7. Bond Markets -- 8. Bond Funds -- 9. Risks and Risk Management -- 10. Bonds and Crises -- 11. Bonds and Debt -- 12. Bonds vs. Stocks -- 13....