Advanced Wealth Management Course (IIBF) - Paper 3
Part II: Ch 10: Bond Market Indices and Benchmarks
Q1.
The base date for NSE—Government Securities Index is:
Q2.
The base date for NSE-Government Securities Index value is:
Q3.
The sub-indices of I-BEX is/are:
Q4.
The maturity period of Si-Bex is:
Q5.
The maturity period of Mi-Bex is:
Q6.
The method used by NSE to compute MIBOR/MIBID values is:
Q7.
Who is responsible for creation of benchmarks that can be used by the market participants to bring uniformity in the market place?
Q8.
(I) The bootstrap technique is a non-parametric method for computing the test statistics. (II) The computations of NSE-Government Securities Index are based on geometric calculations.
Q9.
(I) The PRI tracks the total returns available in the bond market. (II) The TRI tracks the price movements of bonds or capital gains/losses since the base date.
Q10.
TRI typically has a positive slope except during periods when the drop in market prices is higher than the interest accrual.