The fund invests under normal circumstances at least 80 % of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in senior secured floating rate loans made by banks and other lending institutions and in senior secured floating
rate debt instruments, and in derivatives and other instruments that have economic characteristics similar to such securities.
Mackenzie Floating Rate Income ETF (TSX: MFT) seeks to generate current income by investing primarily in floating
rate debt instruments and / or high yield debt securities of issuers located anywhere in the world.
Aims to provide income consistent with the prudent risk from a portfolio comprising substantially of floating
rate debt instruments, fixed
rate debt instruments swapped for floating rate returns, and also fixed rate instruments and money market instruments.
Classic Opportunities Fund: An aggressive fund, which invests primarily in equities Frontline Equity Fund: Another aggressive fund, which parks 60 % -100 % of the money in equities and 0 - 40 % in debt & money market Balanced Fund: A moderate fund, which aims to maintain a balance by investing in equities as well as debts Dynamic Bond Fund: A conservative fund, which offers high fixed returns Dynamic Floating Rate Fund: A conservative fund, which invests in floating
rate debt instruments Dynamic Gilt Fund: Conservative in nature, this fund only invests in Government Securities Money Market Fund: A secure fund, which parks all the investments in the money market
Not exact matches
Our Global Market Strategies segment, established in 1999 with our first high yield fund, advises a group of 46 active funds that pursue investment opportunities across various types of credit, equities and alternative
instruments, including bank loans, high yield
debt, structured credit products, distressed
debt, corporate mezzanine, energy mezzanine opportunities and long / short high - grade and high - yield credit
instruments, emerging markets equities, and (with regards to certain macroeconomic strategies) currencies, commodities and interest
rate products and their derivatives.
As of September 30, 2009, we did not have any
debt or notes outstanding in which fluctuations in the interest
rates would impact us as even our capital lease obligations are fixed
rate instruments and are not subject to fluctuations in interest
rates.
The Fund's income may decline when interest
rates fall because most of the
debt instruments held by the Fund will have floating or variable
rates.
They bought enormous amounts of mortgages and other
debt instruments, and they drove down interest
rates to virtually zero to ensure that the large investment banks and financial institutions survived — forcing retail investors to participate in high - risk securities such as equities and corporate
debt instead of stashing their money in banks.
An inverted yield curve is an interest
rate environment in which long - term
debt instruments have a lower yield than short - term
debt instruments of the same credit quality.
Given that there's no end in sight for the Fed's fixation on low interest
rates, those looking for return in cash and fixed income won't get it from conventional
debt instruments like Treasurys and money market funds.
[22] If the total amount of
debt in the project is less than $ 75 million, then the applicant must obtain only one investment - grade
rating on the senior obligations and one rating on the TIFIA credit instrument from a Credit Rating A
rating on the senior obligations and one
rating on the TIFIA credit instrument from a Credit Rating A
rating on the TIFIA credit
instrument from a Credit
Rating A
Rating Agency.
Second, the applicant must obtain two investment - grade
ratings (Baa3 / BBB - or higher) on the senior
debt obligations and two
ratings on the TIFIA credit
instrument, both from a Credit
Rating Agency, in order to execute a TIFIA credit agreement.
(B) SENIOR
DEBT. - Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in a case in which the Federal credit
instrument is the senior
debt, the Federal credit
instrument shall be required to receive an investment grade
rating from at least 2
rating agencies, unless the credit
instrument is for an amount less than $ 75,000,000, in which case 1
rating agency opinion shall be sufficient.»
-» (A) IN GENERAL. - To be eligible for assistance under this chapter, a project shall satisfy applicable creditworthiness standards, which, at a minimum, shall include -» (i) a
rate covenant, if applicable;» (ii) adequate coverage requirements to ensure repayment;» (iii) an investment grade
rating from at least 2
rating agencies on
debt senior to the Federal credit
instrument; and» (iv) a
rating from at least 2
rating agencies on the Federal credit
instrument, subject to the condition that, with respect to clause (iii), if the total amount of the senior
debt and the Federal credit
instrument is less than $ 75,000,000, 1
rating agency opinion for each of the senior
debt and Federal credit
instrument shall be sufficient.»
To maintain the value implied by the senior
debt rating, the TIFIA
debt can not exceed the amount of the senior obligations unless the TIFIA credit
instrument receives two investment grade
ratings.
The preliminary
rating opinion letter must address the creditworthiness of both the senior
debt obligations funding the project (i.e., those which have a lien senior to that of the TIFIA credit
instrument on the pledged security) and the TIFIA credit
instrument.
[199] The assessment of the senior obligations» investment grade potential and the default risk for the TIFIA credit
instrument and the senior obligations should be based on the underlying
ratings of the unenhanced
debt obligations and the project's fundamentals.
The
rating requirement offers security to the DOT only if the same repayment source is being pledged to both the senior
debt obligations and the subordinate TIFIA credit
instrument.
[191] If the TIFIA credit
instrument is proposed as the senior
debt, then it must receive two investment grade
ratings, unless the total amount of the
debt is less than $ 75 million, in which case only one investment grade
rating is required.
Therefore, the letter should provide a preliminary
rating and
rating analysis of the financial strength of the overall project and the default risk (i.e., without regard to recovery potential) of the requested TIFIA credit
instrument and the project's senior
debt.
Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in a case in which the Federal credit
instrument is the senior
debt, the Federal credit
instrument shall be required to receive an investment grade
rating from at least 2
rating agencies, unless the credit
instrument is for a rural infrastructure project or intelligent transportation systems project, in which case 1
rating agency opinion shall be sufficient.
a
rating from at least 2
rating agencies on the Federal credit
instrument, subject to the condition that, with respect to clause (iii), if the senior
debt and Federal credit
instrument is for an amount less than $ 75,000,000 or for a rural infrastructure project or intelligent transportation systems project, 1
rating agency opinion for each of the senior
debt and Federal credit
instrument shall be sufficient.
The
rate of return for a particular investment depends on the type of
debt instrument and the terms set by the issuing company.
As a result, the fund has cash available to invest in
debt securities and / or money market
instruments which generally earn prevailing interest
rates.
Debt funds invest in fixed income
instruments such as Corporate and Government bonds, are lower - risk investment options for those looking for better interest
rates than their bank's savings accounts / fixed deposits.
This means you will have to find other sources of funds and then place the cash in investment
instruments that potentially offer higher returns than the interest
rate of your
debts.
The investment objective of this fund is: «The fund aims to earn regular income through investment primarily in domestic fixed income
instruments and highly
rated debt securities.»
If I created a Collateralized
Debt Obligation [CDO] out of similar
instruments, with what would be light leverage of 15 times, and it had just two tranches — 94 % senior, 6 % junior, the senior obligations would get a AAA (probably), but the junior obligations would be
rated BB or so — just my back - of - the - envelope guess, but consistent with my experience.
Now, I have also heard that there is an inverse relationship between the interest
rate and the price of
debt instrument.
Assume you buy a
debt instrument maturing after 10 years @ 8 % coupon, and the interest
rates come down by 100 bps (or 1 %), then the present value of your asset increases (numerator earns coupon @ 8 %, and denominator discounts it @ 7 %).
Debenture is a type of
Debt instrument which offers a fixed
rate of interest for a specified tenure.
All these
debt papers have a certain amount of credit risk involved, which is generally measured by the
rating of such
instruments.
Debt securities are a debt instrument investment asset with basic terms spelled out, including the principal amount, interest rate, interest payment schedule and the maturity d
Debt securities are a
debt instrument investment asset with basic terms spelled out, including the principal amount, interest rate, interest payment schedule and the maturity d
debt instrument investment asset with basic terms spelled out, including the principal amount, interest
rate, interest payment schedule and the maturity date.
Money market securities are the safest investments available, with credit
ratings that surpass almost all other investment grade
debt instruments.
To endeavour to mitigate interest
rate risk and seek to generate regular income along with opportunities for capital appreciation through a portfolio investing in Floating Rate debt securities, fixed rate securities, derivative instruments as well as in Money Market instrume
rate risk and seek to generate regular income along with opportunities for capital appreciation through a portfolio investing in Floating
Rate debt securities, fixed rate securities, derivative instruments as well as in Money Market instrume
Rate debt securities, fixed
rate securities, derivative instruments as well as in Money Market instrume
rate securities, derivative
instruments as well as in Money Market
instruments.
Money market securities are typically
debt instruments such as bonds and commercial paper having the highest credit
ratings issued by institutions such as Moody's and Standard & Poors.
In case of
debt oriented schemes, apart from looking into past returns, the investors should also see the quality of
debt instruments which is reflected in their
rating.
Although it is up to you to decide what is the best thing to do, the pros of prepayment outweigh the cons as you will end up being
debt free faster and there are no other risk free financial
instruments that offer guaranteed returns that are higher than the
rate of interest you will pay on your home loan.
Derivative A financial
instrument, traded on or off an exchange, the price of which is directly dependent upon (i.e., «derived from») the value of one or more underlying securities, equity indices,
debt instruments, commodities, other derivative
instruments, or any agreed upon pricing index or arrangement (e.g., the movement over time of the Consumer Price Index or freight
rates).
To generate regular income through investment in a portfolio comprising substantially of floating
rate debt / money market
instruments, fixed
rate debt / money market
instruments swapped for float Read More
The Fund's income may decline when interest
rates fall because most of the
debt instruments held by the Fund will have floating or variable
rates.
To generate regular income through investment in a portfolio comprising substantially of floating
rate debt / money market
instruments, fixed
rate debt / money market
instruments swapped for floating
rate returns and fixed
rate debt securities and money market
instruments.
The schemes may invest a portion of its net assets in fixed
rate debt securities and money market
instruments.
an independent organization that assigns credit
ratings to
debt instruments and securities to help investors assess credit risk
All
debt instruments already incorporate expected future inflation in their
rate.
The key lies in taking full advantage of the pre-tax conversion and the use of «good
debt» versus «bad
debt» over an extended period of time, plus maximizing your leverage via an
instrument that will pay a solid
rate of return over time.
In general, bonds are
debt instruments where investors get interest based on the offered
rate.
The Fund seeks to achieve this by investing primarily in the following categories of securities and
instruments of corporations and other business entities: (i) secured and unsecured floating and fixed
rate loans; (ii) bonds and other
debt obligations; (iii)
debt obligations of stressed, distressed and bankrupt issuers; (iv) structured products, including but not limited to, mortgage - backed and other asset - backed securities and collateralized
debt obligations; (v) equities; (vi) other investment companies, including business development companies; and (vii) real estate investment trusts.
An inverted yield curve is an interest
rate environment in which long - term
debt instruments have a lower yield than short - term
debt instruments of the same credit quality.
All of the public utility and industrial bonds in the average are highly
rated and very safe
debt instruments.