Using different econometric models, Diebold and Li (J Econom 130:337-364, 2006) addressed the practical problem of forecasting the yield curve by predicting the factors level, slope and curvature in the Nelson-Siegel framework. This paper has two main aims: on the one hand, to investigate the...

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...

This paper identifies the "idiosyncratic basis", the residual premia computed from stripping away the hypothetical cross-currency basis (CCB) from the cross-currency credit spread (CCCS) of eligible senior corporate dollardenominated bonds relative to their hypothetical euro-denominated...

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....

Purposes - Indonesian government bond (known as SUN) plays an essential role in financing sustainable development in Indonesia and is a fixed income investment vehicle that attracts foreign investors. This study aims to examine the effect of macroeconomic factors or macro-risk on the yield curve...