Fixed interest securities

Fixed interest securities
Securities which attract a fixed rate of interest each year.
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Fixed Interest securities: include bonds and represent loans to borrowers, which could include governments, banks and companies. In return for the loan, the borrower generally pays a pre-determined rate of interest for an agreed term.

Fixed Interest securities: see Bonds.
Franked Dividends: dividends on shares which include an imputation credit.
Fund: see managed investment.

Debentures are fixed interest securities in return for long-term loans, they tend to be dated for redemption between ten and forty years ahead of the date of issue.

Stocks are fixed interest securities, normally with a nominal value of Lm100.
Bonds are also fixed interest securities, normally issued by governments and corporations for a certain fixed period.

An investment portfolio is the total range of financial instruments owned, such as company shares, fixed interest securities or money-market instruments.

The returns on investments and servicing of finance includes dividends received (e.g. from subsidiaries) and interest from fixed interest securities and bank deposits.

The Australian Stock Exchange Limited (ASX) operates Australia's national stock exchange for stocks / equities, derivatives, and fixed interest securities such as bonds.

Securities - General name for all stocks and shares of all types. In common usage, stocks are fixed interest securities and shares are the rest, though strictly speaking, the distinction is that stocks are denominated in money terms.

See also: Order, Securities, Interest, Market, Capital